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grenadier

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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.

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

grenadier [ˌgrɛnəˈdɪə]
n
1. (Military) Military
a.  (in the British Army) a member of the senior regiment of infantry in the Household Brigade
b.  (formerly) a member of a special formation, usually selected for strength and height
c.  (formerly) a soldier trained to throw grenades
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called rat-tail any deep-sea gadoid fish of the family Macrouridae, typically having a large head and trunk and a long tapering tail
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various African weaverbirds of the genus Estrilda See waxbill
[from French; see grenade]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.grenadiergrenadier - an infantryman equipped with grenades
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
gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
Translations
grenadier [ˌgrenəˈdɪəʳ] Ngranadero m
grenadier
nGrenadier m


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"This is the first time I ever saw thirty infantrymen on one horse," cried the grenadier who had shot the mare.
Look at the sailor, called the mincer, who now comes along, and assisted by two allies, heavily backs the grandissimus, as the mariners call it, and with bowed shoulders, staggers off with it as if he were a grenadier carrying a dead comrade from the field.
Phileas Fogg was seated squarely in his armchair, his feet close together like those of a grenadier on parade, his hands resting on his knees, his body straight, his head erect; he was steadily watching a complicated clock which indicated the hours, the minutes, the seconds, the days, the months, and the years.
 
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