"grandee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡɹænˈdiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grandee.wav Forms: grandees [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish grande (adjective), from Latin grandis (“large, great”). Doublet of grand and grande. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|grande|pos=adjective}} Spanish grande (adjective), {{der|en|la|grandis||large, great}} Latin grandis (“large, great”), {{doublet|en|grand|grande}} Doublet of grand and grande Head templates: {{en-noun}} grandee (plural grandees)
  1. A high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal. Translations (high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal): гранд (grand) [masculine] (Bulgarian), grande (Dutch), rijksgrote (Dutch), Grande [masculine] (German), grand [masculine] (Polish), grande [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-grandee-en-noun-ynC~4vVj Disambiguation of 'high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal': 99 1
  2. (by extension) A person of high rank. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): People Synonyms: magnate Translations (person of high rank): երեւելի (ereweli) (Armenian), ডাঙৰীয়া (daṅoria) (Assamese), големец (golemec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), велможа (velmoža) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kopstuk (Dutch), Grande [masculine] (German), големец (golemec) [masculine] (Macedonian), вельмо́жа (velʹmóža) [dated, masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-grandee-en-noun-jXtGK4G~ Disambiguation of People: 11 89 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'person of high rank': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grande

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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