grandee

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a nobleman of the highest rank in Spain or Portugal

   The Spanish grandee held estates in several provinces and enjoyed privileges at court.

2. 2
   noun

   an important, wealthy, or influential person in a particular sphere

   The proposal won support from several grandees of the banking world.

Borrowed from Spanish grande ('great person, high-ranking noble'), from Latin grandis ('great, large'). English later extended the title to any powerful or eminent person.

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