Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional · Of a large size or extent; great. · Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent. · Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.) · A thousand RPM. · A grand piano
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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