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Definition of grande dame noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

grande dame

noun

NAmE//ˌɡrɑn ˈdɑm//

(pl. grande dames or grandes dames

NAmE//ˌɡrɑn ˈdɑmz//

, NAmE//ˌɡrɑnˈdɑm//

)

an older woman with a lot of experience and influence in a particular area the grande dame of literary criticism

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