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Definition of Grenadier

1. Noun. An infantryman equipped with grenades.

2. Noun. Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail.

Definition of Grenadier

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.

Definition of Grenadier

1. Noun. A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards. ¹

2. Noun. Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop. ¹

3. Noun. Any of various deep-sea fish of the family ''Macrouridae'' that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rat-tail. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grenadier

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Medical Definition of Grenadier

1. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. A bright-coloured South African grosbeak (Pyromelana orix), having the back red and the lower parts black. Origin: F. Grenadier. See Grenade. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grenadier

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Literary usage of Grenadier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1844)
"IT was a small, oddly-shaped chamber into which the Jew and the grenadier were introduced; on various shelves were placed crucibles. Seated at a furnace, ..."

2. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"The " Massachusetts Liberty Song" and "The British grenadier" did not go well together ... THE BRITISH grenadier COME, come fill up your glasses, ..."

3. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1866)
"From the Manuals for the Exercise of British Troops, published by royal command, we learn the armament of the grenadier from 1682 to the end of the century. ..."

4. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"From the wharf his Lordship walked in procession, preceded by the grenadier company, to the state-house, where his commission was read and published in the ..."

5. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1863)
"Continuance of the fight between the grenadier Guards and the left Vladimir column. was destined to put its actual and direct governance upon this part of ..."

6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"grenadier, one of a company of picked men attached to most European ... In the French army in 1858 there were 3 grenadier regiments belonging to the ..."

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