N-COUNT [usually singular] (某团体或职业中的)女性老前辈，资格最老的女性成员，女性元老 If you refer to a woman as the doyenne of a group or profession, you mean that she is the oldest and most experienced and respected woman in it. (某团体或职业中的)女性老前辈，资格最老的女性成员，女性元老 [formal, approval]