GRANDEE

Grandee

Grandee is the word used to render in English the Iberian high aristocratic title or rank of Grande, 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 — certain personal privileges, but the Grandees had no powers as a group.

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grandee

Noun

  1. a person of high rank
  2. a high ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal
  3. the title for a high ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal


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