GRENADIER


Meaning of GRENADIER in English

|grenə|di(ə)r, -iə noun

( -s )

Etymology: French, from grenade + -ier -er

1.

a. : a soldier who carries and throws grenades

b. : one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion taking post on the right of the line and wearing a special uniform

c. : a member of a special regiment or corps

a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I

2. : any of various deep-sea fishes that are related to the cods, that constitute a family Macruridae of the order Anacanthini, and that have an elongate tapering body and compressed pointed tail — called also rattail

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