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GRANDEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grandee mean?
• GRANDEE (noun)
The noun GRANDEE has 1 sense:
1. a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal
Familiarity information: GRANDEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("grandee" is a kind of...):
Context examples
I soon found out the person’s house to whom I was recommended, presented my letter from his friend the grandee in the island, and was received with much kindness.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
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