as in queen
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity
the reigning diva of daytime television
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Onstage, McDonald isn’t a Broadway diva, but a storyteller.
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Kathryn Vandervalk, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Of course, formerly powerful women lashing out at a looming insignificance has at times been a staple of Hollywood cinema; the apotheosis is the delusional diva Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.
—Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Ross, who set the blueprint for the modern pop diva, surprisingly isn't one of them.
—Troy Smith, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
Who else but Zendaya could have introduced Cher at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony while paying tribute to the diva by wearing a crisscross vintage Bob Mackie gown?
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
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Kathryn Vandervalk, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Of course, formerly powerful women lashing out at a looming insignificance has at times been a staple of Hollywood cinema; the apotheosis is the delusional diva Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.
—Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Ross, who set the blueprint for the modern pop diva, surprisingly isn't one of them.
—Troy Smith, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
Who else but Zendaya could have introduced Cher at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony while paying tribute to the diva by wearing a crisscross vintage Bob Mackie gown?
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Diva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diva. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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