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Today's Word "grandee"

A man of elevated rank on

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grandee \gran-DEE\ (noun) - 1 : A man of elevated rank or station. 2 : In Spain or Portugal, a nobleman of the first rank.

"Such was Albert's need to live like a grandee that he was constantly living well beyond his financial needs and was burdened by a tremendous debt."

 

Grandee comes from Spanish grande, from Latin grandis, "great, large, hence important, grand." Related words include grandeur, "the state or quality of being grand"; grandiose, "characterized by affectation of grandeur"; aggrandize, "to make great or greater"; and, of course, grand.


 

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