GRENADIER


Meaning of GRENADIER in English

n. 1 a Brit. (Grenadiers or Grenadier Guards) the first regiment of the royal household infantry. b hist. a soldier armed with grenades. 2 any deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae, with a long tapering body and pointed tail, and secreting luminous bacteria when disturbed.

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