grenadier : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: grenadier	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grenadier n an infantryman equipped with grenades [syn: grenadier, grenade thrower] deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail Synonym(s): grenadier, rattail, rattail fish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grenadier \Gren`adier"\, n. [F. grenadier. See {Grenade}.] 1. (Mil.) 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.