"grenadier" Definition

Definitions for the word "grenadier" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also onion fish, and rat-tail fish.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A bright-colored South African grosbeak (Pyromelana orix), having the back red and the lower parts black.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
1 (grenadiers or grenadier guards) first regiment of the royal household infantry. 2 hist. Soldier armed with grenades.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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