grandee
a man of high social position or eminence, especially a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman.
Origin of grandee
1Other words from grandee
- gran·dee·ship, noun
Words Nearby grandee
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How to use grandee in a sentence
Party grandees in Angela Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union will choose their new leader tomorrow.
The corporation operated numerous tobacco plantations, kept detailed records of enslaved workers’ productivity and installed as managers priests who lived more like planter grandees than servants of Christ.
The enslaved families who went to court to win their freedom | Alison LaCroix | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostStrange that he should be thus happy in a receptacle of so much pain and sorrow; yet he was light-hearted as the son of a grandee.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoOn rising from the card-table, I saw a Spanish grandee, an afrancesado in exile, who had been about a fortnight in Touraine.
Parisians in the Country | Honore de BalzacDon Jaime, as the grandee was called, decided to paint her reclining on a crimson sofa, with plants and flowers at her side.
The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 | Armando Palacio Valds
During the days succeeding the arrival of the grandee, Belinchon's friends cast mocking glances at their rivals.
The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 | Armando Palacio ValdsThe grandee even condescended to tell her a great deal of his private history; his public one was known by everybody.
The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 | Armando Palacio Valds
British Dictionary definitions for grandee
/ (ɡrænˈdiː) /
a Spanish or Portuguese prince or nobleman of the highest rank
a man of great rank or eminence
Origin of grandee
1Derived forms of grandee
- grandeeship, noun
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