grandee

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

grandee
    n 1: a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Grandee \Gran*dee"\, n. [Sp. grande. See {Grand}.]
   A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a
   nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's
   presence.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "grandee":
      Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood,
      count, daimio, duke, earl, esquire, gentleman, grand duke, hidalgo,
      lace-curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico,
      margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman, optimate, palsgrave, patrician,
      peer, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell,
      thoroughbred, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave

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