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Definition of Grandee
1. Noun. A nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal.
Definition of Grandee
1. n. 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.
Definition of Grandee
1. Noun. a person of high rank ¹
2. Noun. a high ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal ¹
3. Noun. the title for a high ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grandee
1. man of high social position [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandee
Literary usage of Grandee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1883)
"Conversations with a Russian grandee—Set out on my journey ... The Russian grandee
looked a little surprised, and, fixing his eyes steadily upon me, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"At Blois, Charles IX and Catherine de' Medici accorded Borgia the reception due
to a Spanish grandee, but to the cardinal legate as well as to him they gave ..."
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