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Definition of Grande
1. Adjective. (chiefly US) Of a cup of coffee at Starbucks; smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces. No coffee vendor other than Starbucks uses "Grande" to mean medium. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grande
1. grand [adj GRANDER, GRANDEST] - See also: grand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grande
Literary usage of Grande
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by Ulysses Simpson Grant (1885)
"ADVANCE OF THE ARMY—CROSSING THE COLORADO— THE RIO grande. AT last the preparations
were complete and orders were issued for the advance to begin on the 8th ..."
2. New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure Whilst by William Abraham Bell (1869)
"The Rio grande del Norto.—Mexican Ranches.—The Valley, the Plateaux, ... Visit to
coal-fields, eight miles from Albuquerque Belen (on Rio grande) 40 32 ..."
3. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"JAGO—CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS Porto Praya—Ribeira grande—Atmospheric Dust with Infusoria—.
Habits of a Sea-slug and Cuttle-fish—St. Paul's Rocks, non-volcanic ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The Governor of Walpi sent to New Mexico for help, and after four appeals a band
of Tewa warriors from a pueblo in the upper Eio grande valley went to his ..."
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