"grandee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡɹænˈdiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grandee.wav [Southern-England] 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal': 97 3
  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 Disambiguation of 'person of high rank': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grande

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