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grande dame

noun

ˈgrän-ˈdäm

Definition of grande dame

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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Recent Examples of grande dame While the grande dames in this space come with equally grand price tags, a crop of independent, design-forward hotels that offer elegant interiors and high-end amenities at approachable price points have emerged. — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 20 Mar. 2026 If the Marbella Club is the grande dame of this Andalusian resort town, Puente Romano Marbella is its younger, friskier sister on the Golden Mile. — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026 As grande dame journalist Kara Swisher concludes in Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever, which airs today on CNN, the number one key to longevity? — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2026 The hotel that doesn’t just provide a place to bed down but reflects the city’s grandest vision of itself—a Carlyle or Claridge’s or, in the case of a smaller city like San Francisco, a miniature grande dame like the Beau-Rivage Genève. — Ben Ryder Howe, Air Mail, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grande dame

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The show’s underpinned by the differences in character and country of Lady Cora and her formidable mother-in-law, the dowager Countess Violet Crawley, played by the equally formidable and much missed Dame Maggie Smith.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 July 2025
The empress dowager’s legacy Empress Dowager Ling was largely unsuccessful in her bid for power.

— Stephanie Balkwill, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025

Definition of dowager

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Since then, Hills has worked in various hospitals and wards, including spending 10 years as a ward sister and a matron, which are both senior roles for nurses.

— Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
How did a young Upper East Side matron with a small daughter and a dormant career as an art historian get here?

— Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 27 June 2026

Definition of matron

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The differing inlay materials — such as mother of pearl, malachite and onyx — have been given different mystical meanings by social media users (helping with the wearer’s career, love life, friendships or finances, for example).

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
The book contains Ahn’s mother’s recipes and conversations between the mother and daughter.

— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026

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