Grandee

Grandee ( /ɡrənˈdiː/) is the word used to render in English the Iberian high aristocratic title or rank of Grande (, ; literally "Great, Grand"), used by the Spanish nobility, Portuguese nobility and Brazilian nobility. The rank was a rough equivalent of the Peerage of England or Peerage of France, and carried — increasingly as time went on — certain personal privileges, but the Grandees had no powers as a group.