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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