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grande dame

[gran dam, deym; French grahnd dam]
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noun, plural grandes dames [gran damz, deymz; French grahnd dam] /ˈgræn ˈdæmz, ˈdeɪmz; French grɑ̃d ˈdam/.
  1. a usually elderly woman of dignified or aristocratic bearing.
  2. a woman who is the doyenne of a specific field: a grande dame of the American theater.
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Origin of grande dame

1735–45; < French: literally, great lady
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grande dame

noun
  1. a woman regarded as the most experienced, prominent, or venerable member of her profession, etcthe grande dame of fashion
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