Revision 54534968 of "Doyenne" on enwiki'''Doyenne''' is a French term meaning "oldest woman." It is used in sentences such as "[[Jeanne Calment]], la 'doyenne' de l' humanité." (The word for "oldest man" is 'doyen'). There is no word in the English language for "oldest person" (the English language has far more words). The word has been used in print in English for some time. For example, [[Helen Thomas]] is frequently referred to as the doyenne of the White House press corps.
==Reference==
*[http://www.bartleby.com/61/19/D0371900.html Dictionary entry for "Doyenne"]
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