grand

Etymology 1

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

adj

1. (augmentative) Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
   1. Of a large size or extent; great.
      a grand mountain
      a grand army
      a grand mistake
   2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
      a grand monarch
      a grand view
      His simple vision has transformed into something far more grand.
      In the mean time, Cluffe had arrived. He was a little bit huffed and grand at being nailed as an evidence, upon a few words carelessly, or, if you will, confidentially dropped at his own mess-table, where Lowe chanced to be a guest; and certainly with no suspicion that his little story could in any way be made to elucidate the mystery of Sturk's murder. 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
   3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
      a grand lodge
      a grand vizier
      a grand piano
      The Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.
      Grand Admiral
2. (usually in compound forms) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
   grandfather, grandson, grand-child
3. (Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated) Fine; lovely.
   A cup of tea? That'd be grand.
4. (music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.

noun

1. (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
   For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand.
2. (music, plural "grands") A grand piano

Etymology 2

From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

noun

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. 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 269
   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. 2012, Brenda Jackson, Texas Wild & Beyond Temptation, page 47