noun
Meaning 1
A high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
grandee
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɡɹænˈdiː/
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rhymes with -iː
noun
Meaning 2
A person of high rank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: magnate
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Lord, noble, nobleman
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish grande (adjective), from Latin grandis (“large, great”). Doublet of grand and grande.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: гранд (grand) — high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal
- Dutch: grande — high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal
- Dutch: rijksgrote — high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal
- German: Grande — high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal
- Polish: grand — high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal
- Spanish: grande — high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal
- Armenian: երեւելի (ereweli) — person of high rank
- Assamese: ডাঙৰীয়া (daṅoria) — person of high rank
- Bulgarian: големец (golemec) — person of high rank
- Bulgarian: велможа (velmoža) — person of high rank
- Dutch: kopstuk — person of high rank
- German: Grande — person of high rank
- Macedonian: големец (golemec) — person of high rank
- Russian: вельмо́жа (velʹmóža) — person of high rank