as in dowager
a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority
the city's grandes dames still hold considerable sway in its cultural life
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The grande dame of Sri Lanka’s southern coast reopened yesterday with a fancy new Balinese-style beach club that has direct access to Cove Beach and the surfing bay.
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Jasreen Mayal Khanna, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2024
For decades, the flagship on Fifth Avenue and 58th Street housed a custom salon, an atelier bustling with seamstresses catering to the sartorial whims of society’s grande dames.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
But for now, this grande dame is ready to throw her doors wide open, fill up her social calendar, and bask in the glare of flashbulbs once again.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2024
The Bizarre Bazaar is the grande dame of Richmond-area holiday markets.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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Jasreen Mayal Khanna, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2024
For decades, the flagship on Fifth Avenue and 58th Street housed a custom salon, an atelier bustling with seamstresses catering to the sartorial whims of society’s grande dames.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
But for now, this grande dame is ready to throw her doors wide open, fill up her social calendar, and bask in the glare of flashbulbs once again.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2024
The Bizarre Bazaar is the grande dame of Richmond-area holiday markets.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Grande dame.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grande%20dame. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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