grandee
IPA: grˈændi
noun
- A high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal.
- (by extension) A person of high rank.
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Examples of "grandee" in Sentences
- And I'm not a self appointed grandee.
- The status of grandee was not hereditary.
- There was no reason to change it to Grandee.
- This behaviour irritated the grandees of the kingdom.
- The success of this mission earned him the title of Grandee of Spain.
- Even the grandee secretary assumed a humble position in his presence.
- Grandee of the realm, which has precedence over all other feudatories.
- He became the patron of many higs and served as a leading hig grandee.
- The old Royalist establishment of the King, the Grandees and the Levellers.
- Emirs, governors and grandees jostled along the same roads as princes and kings.
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