grandee
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grandee
- /ɡɹænˈdiː/
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish grande (adjective), from Latin grandis (“large, great”). Doublet of grand and grande.
noun grandees · grande
- A high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal. Grandees of Spain are of two sorts, this Honour being sometimes personal, sometimes hereditary. The first, the King bids be covered themselves; the second, themselves and Heirs for ever. This is all the Ceremony in making a Grandee, neither do any other priviledges belong to it; so that it is but a
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A person of high rank.
I indicated a chair, and he sat down. This grandee was the grandson of an American of considerable note in his day, and not wholly forgotten yet,—a man who came so near being a great man that he was quite generally accounted one while he lived.
Similar: magnate
Translations
Talk about this word "grandee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/grandee. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. grandee. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/grandee "grandee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/grandee.Cite this
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title = {grandee},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
