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Definition of Grenadiers
1. grenadier [n] - See also: grenadier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grenadiers
Literary usage of Grenadiers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1877)
"Charge of the grenadiers. Fourth capture of the Sandbag Battery. ... The grenadiers
fronting eastward. Upon coming more near, the grenadiers tried to open ..."
2. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips, John Abraham Heraud, Benson Earle Hill (1800)
"He advanced to the gate, and, ordering the grenadiers to place their ... render.
. the companies of grenadiers which formed the advanced guard; ..."
3. The Life of Baron Frederic Trenck: Containing His Adventures, His Cruel and by Friedrich Trenck (1794)
"... whom I had never feen won over two other grenadiers, who gave her an opporunity
... aided by the twd grenadiers, and, alfo, that fhe had a letter for my ..."
4. Napoleon; a History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1904)
"One of the old grenadiers approached him and said: 4 Sire, ... I promise thee in
the name of the grenadiers of the army that thou shalt have to fight but ..."
5. The History of Georgia, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time by Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter (1852)
"Heroic instances of devotion to freedom—The grenadiers ... guineas as a reward
to the first of his grenadiers that should plant a fascine in the fosse, ..."
6. Chronological History of the West Indies by Southey, Thomas (1827)
"The second brigade, commanded by Brigadier-General Barrow, consisted of 300
grenadiers, 600 men of the 25th regiment, including their flank companies, ..."
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