grandee

noun

1. （旧时西班牙或葡萄牙的）大公
   (in the past) a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman of high rank
2. 大人物；显要人物
   a person of high social rank and importance

1. 大公（旧时西班牙的最高爵位）
   In the past, a grandee was a Spanish prince of the highest rank.
2. N-COUNT 大人物；显贵；（尤指）政要
   You can refer to someone, especially a politician, who is upper class and has a lot of influence as a grandee .
   1. He is a former defence secretary of the United States and a grandee of the Democratic Party.
      他是美国前国防部长，也是民主党的显要人物。

1. He is a former defence secretary of the United States and a grandee of the Democratic Party.
   他是美国前国防部长，也是民主党的显要人物。
2. Of course, the true test of any great wizard is the stature of the actor employed to depict them on the big screen. Anything less than a grandee of the British theatre and you're not even in the running.
   当然了，任何一名伟大的巫师都要经历的考验，就是在大屏幕上演绎他们形象的演员地位大比拼。英国戏剧贵族级别以下的你可以洗洗睡了。
3. Or as one policy grandee thundered: The biggest threat to national security today is not what is happening elsewhere [ say, the Middle East] but in the two square miles in Washington.
   或如一位政界大佬怒吼的那样：眼下美国国家安全面临的最大威胁，不是正在别处发生的事情，而是正在华盛顿的两平方英里内发生的事情。
4. You are not a grandee.
   你不是一位大公。
5. But you will be a grandee of spain.
   但是你将会是西班牙的贵族。
6. The highest-ranking member of the spanish aristocracy be the grandee
   西班牙贵族中爵位最高的成员乃是大公
7. His outfit, a gift from Shah Abbas, was like an Isfahan grandee's ceremonial uniform, topped by a turban bigger than his head.
   由沙阿·阿拔斯赠送的一套衣服就像伊斯法罕贵族的一套礼仪制服，缠在头上的头巾比头大很多。

noun

1. a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal