grandee

3 definitions found

grandee - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Grandee \Gran*dee"\, n. [Sp. grande. See Grand.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

grandee - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  grandee
      n 1: a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal

grandee - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "grandee":
     Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood,
     count, daimio, duke, earl, esquire, gentleman, grand duke, hidalgo,
     lace-curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico,
     margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman, optimate, palsgrave, patrician,
     peer, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell,
     thoroughbred, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave