Noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe retinue of a grandee in China or Indostan accordingly is, by all accounts, much more numerous and splendid than that of the richest subjects of Europe. Adam Smith
Collette describes more: “We’d get on the Red Car at 103rd and Grandee, near the Watts Towers,” Collette writes, “and ride into Los Angeles for the half hour it took us to get there. Source: Internet
A Conservative grandee has opposed a bill to criminalise ‘upskirting’, provoking a roar of despair in the Commons today. Source: Internet
City grandee leading government campaign to get females into more top jobs blames the WOMEN for BBC gender pay gap saying they 'let it happen because they weren't doing much about it' Source: Internet
Tory grandee Ken Clarke claims cabinet Brexiteers 'act like Trump' Source: Internet
Unhappily married to King Alfonso XII's cousin, the Spanish Grandee, Francisco de Borbón, Duke of Marchena, she had unrestricted access to the Royal Palaces. Source: Internet