Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
among the grandest orchestras of our time
Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
grandfather, grandson, grand-child
Fine; lovely.
A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (.
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A placename
A surname.
From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.
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A cup of tea? That'd be grand.
A thousand RPM.
One grand, two grand RPM
A grandparent or grandchild.
Once, in Maryland, he met four families of slaves who had all been together for a hundred years: great-grands, grands, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, children.