grenadier

[ gren-uh-deer ]

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noun

(in the British army) a member of the first regiment of household infantry Grenadier Guards.
(formerly) a specially selected foot soldier in certain elite units.
(formerly) a soldier who threw grenades.
Also called rattail,. any of several deep-sea fishes of the family Macrouridae, having an elongated, tapering tail.

grenadier

/ ˌɡrɛnəˈdɪə /

military
1. (in the British Army) a member of the senior regiment of infantry in the Household Brigade
2. (formerly) a member of a special formation, usually selected for strength and height
3. (formerly) a soldier trained to throw grenades
Also calledrat-tail any deep-sea gadoid fish of the family Macrouridae, typically having a large head and trunk and a long tapering tail
See waxbill
any of various African weaverbirds of the genus Estrilda See waxbill

From French, dating back to 1670–80; grenade, -ier ²

C17: from French; see grenade

After the Poles had been besieged for 24 hours they were relieved by a column of Shermans from the Canadian Grenadier Guards.

A Grenadier Guards sergeant who was among the audience told the paper, "It was really tip-top."

Tonight, he will host a dinner at Buckingham Palace in his role of Colonel of the Grenadier Guards.

A Grenadier Guardsman would serve the couple “gin and orange and beef sandwiches by the open fire.”

She charges me like a grenadier and asks me to give her—guess a little what!

Behind which follow stragglers of the Garde-du-Corps; all humiliated, in Grenadier bonnets.

He wore a mitre of leather, with the front like a grenadier's cap, adorned with mock embroidery, and trinkets of tin.

A fearless French grenadier scaled the wall, but he and his comrades within were killed.

Sheridan was a grenadier company of life-guards, but Colman a whole regiment—of light infantry, to be sure, but still a regiment.

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