Grandee definitions

Grandee

1) Big shot in Iberia 2) Castilian duke 3) Duke of Alba 4) Duque or conde 5) High-ranking fellow 6) Iberian nobleman 7) Important personage 8) Lord 9) Man of high rank 10) Noble 11) Noble castilian 12) Noble of Navarre 13) Noble Spaniard 14) Nobleman 15) Person of eminence 16) Spanish noble 17) Spanish VIP
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Grandee

1) Don 2) Vip
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Grandee

Grandee iː is the word used to render in English the Iberian high aristocratic title or rank of Grande (lang, lang; literally `Great, Grand`), used by the Spanish nobility, Portuguese nobility and Brazilian nobility. The rank was a rough equivalent of the Peerage of England or Peerage of France, and carried — increasingly as time went on — .....
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Grandee

• (n.) 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.
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grandee

a title of honour borne by the highest class of the Spanish nobility. The title appears first to have been assumed during the late Middle Ages by ... [2 related articles]
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Grandee

Gran·dee' noun [ Spanish 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.
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Grandee

In Spain, a grandee was a noble of the first rank, which consisted partly of the relatives of the royal house, and partly of such members of the high feudal nobility distinguished for their wealth as had, by the grant of a banner received from the king, the right to enlist soldiers under their own colours. Besides the general prerogatives of the hi...
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