as in nobleman
a man of high birth or social position
only a Spanish grandee—and no one of lesser rank—can address comments to the king and queen of Spain
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His paintings had mostly been for grandees, Goya’s patrons at the Spanish court, but his prints were instead about them — and about ordinary Spanish people.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
Money that was meant to go toward her presidential run was instead spent on the campaign’s of old political grandees looking to preserve any inkling of their past power.
—Alex González Ormerod, TIME, 30 May 2024
Non-musical segments featured such Hollywood grandees as Jack Benny and George Burns along with promising new comedians like David Steinberg and Steve Martin.
—Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
The Dulwich Picture Gallery in South London, opened to the British public in 1817, has since served, thanks to the old masters bequeathed it, as a window onto that world of the grandees.
—Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 26 Dec. 2023
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
Money that was meant to go toward her presidential run was instead spent on the campaign’s of old political grandees looking to preserve any inkling of their past power.
—Alex González Ormerod, TIME, 30 May 2024
Non-musical segments featured such Hollywood grandees as Jack Benny and George Burns along with promising new comedians like David Steinberg and Steve Martin.
—Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
The Dulwich Picture Gallery in South London, opened to the British public in 1817, has since served, thanks to the old masters bequeathed it, as a window onto that world of the grandees.
—Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 26 Dec. 2023
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“Grandee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandee. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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