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Grenadier

//ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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 of Canada and the United Kingdom.
  2. 2
    deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
  4. 4
    an infantryman equipped with grenades wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
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  1. 6
    Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.

Etymology

From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade + -ier.

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