grand

adj

Etymology: From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.

1. Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional

   “among the grandest orchestras of our time”

   “The Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.”

2. Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional

   “a grand mountain”

   “a grand army”

3. Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional

   “a grand monarch”

   “a grand view”

4. Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional

   “a grand lodge”

   “a grand vizier”

5. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).

   “grandfather, grandson, grand-child”

6. Fine; lovely.

   “A cup of tea? That'd be grand.”

7. Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.

name

1. A placename
2. A placename
3. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

1. 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.”

   “Her granddaughter and great-granddaughter went with us as chaperones. Did I ever tell you that she had six grands and two great-grands? […] And Emily agrees with me it's a shame that I don't even have a grand.”