grand juror noun

A member of a grand jury, a special jury in the USA (and until 1933 in Britain) which decides whether there is sufficient evidence to put an accused person on trial

grand larceny see larceny

grand march noun

The processional opening of a ball

grandmasˈter noun

1. Orig the title given to a chess player winning a major international tournament, now given to a player achieving a high score in three major tournaments
2. Any exceptionally skilled player

Grand Master noun

The head of a religious order of knighthood (Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonic Knights), or of the Freemasons, etc

Grand Mufti noun

The head of the Muslim religious community in several Middle-Eastern countries

Grand National noun

A steeplechase held annually at Aintree in Liverpool

grand old man noun (informal)

A person commanding great respect and veneration

grand opera see under opera¹

grand piano noun

A large harp-shaped piano, with horizontal strings

grand slam noun

1. A contract to win every trick (bridge)
2. The winning of all the major championships in a season (sport, eg tennis, golf)
3. A home run hit when there is a runner at each base, scoring four runs (baseball)

grandˈstand noun

An elevated structure on a racecourse, etc, with tiered seating, affording a good view for spectators

intransitive verb (informal)

To show off

grandstand finish noun

1. A close and rousing finish to a sporting contest
2. A supreme effort to win at the close of a sporting contest

grand style noun

A style adapted to lofty or sublime subjects

grand total noun

The sum of all subordinate sums

Grand Tour see under tour

grand touring same as gran turismo (see under gran²).

Grand Unified Theory noun

A unified quantum field theory of the electromagnetic, strong and weak interactions of elementary particles (abbrev GUT)