grenadier
noun
- Archaic an infantry soldier employed to carry and throw grenades
- a member of a special regiment or corps, as of the Grenadier Guards of the British Army, attached to the royal household
- any of a family (Macrouridae, order Gadiformes) of deep-sea bony fishes with a long, tapering tail, large head, and soft fins
See grenadier in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(grĕnˌə-dîrˈ)
nouna. 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.
- 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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