amateur vs doyenne

amateur

noun
  • Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful. 

  • A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally. 

adj
  • Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent. 

  • Non-professional. 

  • Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals. 

doyenne

noun
  • A woman who is highly experienced and knowledgeable in a particular field, subject, or line of work; expert 

  • A female doyen. 

  • The senior or eldest female member of a group, especially one who is most or highly respected. 

How often have the words amateur and doyenne occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )