grand

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   the most important and magnificent in adornment

   grand ballroom

2. 2
   adj

   large and impressive in physical size or extent

   the bridge is a grand structure

3. 3
   adj

   Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional

   among the grandest orchestras of our time

4. 4
   adj

   Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).

   grandfather, grandson, grand-child

5. 5
   adj

   Fine; lovely.

   A cup of tea? That'd be grand.

6. 6
   noun

   A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand.

7. 7
   noun

   A thousand RPM.

   One grand, two grand RPM

8. 8
   noun

   A grandparent or grandchild.

   Once, in Maryland, he met four families of slaves who had all been together for a hundred years: great-grands, grands, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, children.

Etymology

From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.