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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Grand (French).
 
Le Grand Corneille. Corneille, the French dramatist (1606–1684).   1
   Le Grand Dauph’in. Louis, son of Louis XIV. (1661–1711).   2
   La Grande Mademoiselle. The Duchesse de Montpensier, daughter of Gaston, Duc d’Orléans, and cousin of Louis XIV.   3
   Le Grand Monarque. Louis XIV., also called “The Baboon” (1638, 1643–1715).   4
   Le Grand Pan. Voltaire (1696–1778).   5
   Monsieur le Grand. The Grand Equerry of France in the reign of Louis XIV., etc.   6
 


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