grenadier (redirected from Grenadier Guards)

gren·a·dier  (grn-dîr)

n.

1.

a. A member of the British Grenadier Guards, the first regiment of the royal household infantry.

b. A soldier who is a member of a special corps or regiment.

c. A soldier equipped with grenades.

2. Any of various deep-sea fishes of the family Macrouridae, having a long tapering tail and lacking a tail fin. Also called rat-tail.

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[French, from grenade, grenade; see grenade.]

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grenadier

Noun

Mil

1. (in the British Army) a member of the senior regiment of infantry in the Household Brigade (the [Grenadier Guards])

2. (formerly) a soldier trained to throw grenades [French]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grenadier - an infantryman equipped with grenades grenade thrower foot soldier, footslogger, infantryman, marcher - fights on foot with small arms
	2.	grenadier - deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail rattail, rattail fish gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae family Macrouridae, family Macruridae, Macrouridae, Macruridae - grenadiers