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HOME | Definition of grandee (GRANDEE, Grandee)


    Grandee \Gran*dee"\, n. [Sp. grande. See Grand.]
    A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a
    nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's
    presence.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    grandee
    n : a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    39 Moby Thesaurus words for "grandee":
    Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood,
    count, daimio, duke, earl, esquire, gentleman, grand duke, hidalgo,
    lace-curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico,
    margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman, optimate, palsgrave, patrician,
    peer, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell,
    thoroughbred, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0




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