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Meaning of grenadier

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

grenadier

Pronunciation:/ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/

noun

Definitions

  1. A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards.

  2. Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.

  3. Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.