Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a woman who is the senior member of a group;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
doyenne \doy`enne"\ n. f.
a female doyen.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
doyenne
n 1: a woman who is the senior member of a group