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G — Graff to Grief (Part 2 of 11)

Grand, a.

    1. Stately, lordly, princely, august, majestic, exalted, elevated, dignified, eminent, illustrious, great, high in power, of great dignity.
    2. Magnificent, splendid, superb, glorious, noble, sublime, lofty.
    3. Principal, chief, superior, main, leading.

Grand-duke, n.

    1. Sovereign prince.
    2. (Zoöl.) Great horned owl (Bubo maximus).

Grandee, n. Nobleman, noble, lord.

Grandeur, n.

    1. Greatness, vastness, immensity, loftiness, elevation, imposing character.
    2. Majesty, loftiness, stateliness, state, dignity, pomp, magnificence, augustness, splendor.

Grandfather, n. Grandsire, grandpapa.

Grandiloquence, n. Bombast, fustian, turgidity, lofty language, high-sounding words, lofty style of speech, high-flown language, altiloquence.

Grandiloquent, a. Bombastic, turgid, tumid, swelling, inflated, stilted, pompous, declamatory, rhetorical, high-sounding, high-flown, altiloquent.

Grand-juror, n. Grand-juryman.

Grand-juryman, n. Grand-juror.

Grandmamma, n. Grandmother.

Grandmother, n. Grandmamma.

Grand-seignior, n. Sultan, sovereign of Turkey.

Grand-vizier, n. Chief vizier, Turkish prime minister.

Grange, n.

    1. Farm, farm-house, farming establishment.
    2. Farmers’ association, agricultural society.