Definition of "grandee" []

• A nobleman of the highest rank in Spain or Portugal. (noun)
• Used as the title for such a nobleman. (noun)
• A person of eminence or high rank. (noun)

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• "Millionaire and pauper, titled grandee and weeping immigrant, Ismay, the head of the White Star Company, and Jack Jones from the stoke hole were surrounded instantly."
• "It did happen by accident that I had to go to the house of a man whom perhaps you would call a grandee, and to meet grandees there."
• "Perhaps he'll enjoy one day being of kafir status. .though of course being a 'grandee' he may expect special treatment and a little rule bending .."