grandee
/ɡrænˈdi/
noun
- A person of high social rank or importance, especially in politics or business.
- The grandees of the university gathered to discuss the new campus plan.
- He was a grandee of the film industry, known for producing blockbusters.
- The party was attended by several grandees of the banking world.
- A Spanish or Portuguese nobleman of the highest rank.
- In historical Spain, a grandee had special privileges at court.
- The grandee owned vast estates in the countryside.
- The portrait showed a grandee in elaborate 17th-century attire.