doyenne in English

noun
1
a woman who is the most respected or prominent person in a particular field.
she's the doyenne of daytime TV

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1. In Aiding and Abetting, the doyenne of literary satire has written a wickedly amusing and subversive novel around the true-crime case of one of England’s most notorious uppercrust scoundrels and the “aiders and abetters” who kept him on the loose

2. Exhibiting Muriel Spark s boundless imagination and biting wit, Aiding and Abetting is a bri From the Back Cover In Aiding and Abetting," the doyenne of literary satire has written a wickedly amusing and subversive novel around the true-crime case of one of England's most notorious uppercrust scoundrels and the "aiders and abetters" who kept