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Doyenne Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is QUEEN which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: QUEEN

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197%5Exact Match!
290%9 Female head of a family
390%6 Female hospital guardian

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "QUEEN" which means:

    noun
  • • The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
  • • A female sovereign ruler
  • • The wife or widow of a king
  • • Something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
  • • A competitor who holds a preeminent position
  • • Offensive term for a homosexual man
  • • One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
  • • (chess) the most powerful piece
  • • An especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
  • • Female cat
  • verb
  • • Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
  • • Become a queen

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The queen waved to the cheering crowd."
  • • "The queen wore a beautiful crown."

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New York Times16 Jul 2009 Down 50
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