grandee
Example Sentences
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Those files exposed a friendship between the convicted sex offender and Peter Mandelson, a Labour Party grandee and Mr. Starmer’s choice for ambassador to Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
An even more welcome addition to our already bulging shelves is the belated arrival of a largely complete studio discography of Britain’s greatest conductor, and certainly its most self-possessed: the musical grandee Sir Thomas Beecham.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
However, a Welsh Labour grandee said the party was facing "the biggest kicking in our history".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
Then we’ll hear from City grandee Allan Leighton, who became chairman of Royal Mail in 2002.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
He dressed impeccably and had the manners of a grandee.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
