transcription, транскрипция: [ grændi: ]
( grandees)
1.
In the past, a grandee was a Spanish prince of the highest rank.
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2.
You can refer to someone, especially a politician, who is upper class and has a lot of influence as a grandee . ( mainly BRIT )
He is a former defence secretary of the United States and a grandee of the Democratic Party.
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