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Examples of grandee
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The MF Global debacle has robbed him of his status as a Democratic party grandee.
From the independent.co.uk
Laurent Fabius, an ex-prime minister and party grandee, might also try his chances.
From the economist.com
Mr Hatch is not the only Republican grandee to have shifted nimbly rightward.
From the economist.com
The disclosure plans were based on ideas drawn up by City grandee Sir David Walker.
From the guardian.co.uk
In 1816 Lamb was returned for Peterborough by Whig grandee Lord Fitzwilliam.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A former PDP grandee, Donald Duke, even explained how in a public lecture.
From the economist.com
Which is costing the group its chairman, City grandee Sir Michael Rake.
From the independent.co.uk
The grandee pondered this impertinence but did not immediately respond.
From the economist.com
He asked the nth Hispanic grandee to stand and take a round of applause.
From the economist.com
- A nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal
- Grandee is the word used to render in English the Iberic high aristocratic title Grande, used by the Spanish nobility; and Grandeza used by the Portuguese, and Brazilian nobility.
- (The Grandees) The Grandees are a sketch-comedy troupe from London, comprising Marny Godden, Tom Turner, and Gregory Finnegan. In 2008 their show The Box Cricks received rave reviews at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ...
- (Grandees) Top officers of Parliamentary Forces during the English Civil War. Many of them, including Fairfax and Cromwell, were also Members of Parliament.
- A term applied to the senior officers in the New Model Army, usually drawn from a higher social class than the rank and file troops.
- A person of eminence or high rank.
