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grenadier
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
grenadier (plural grenadiers)
- (military) 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.
- (ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
- (zoology) Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
- (entomology) Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
grenadier m (plural grenadiers)
- pomegranate tree
- Synonym: (obsolete) migrainier
- (military) grenadier
Further reading
- “grenadier” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “grenadier” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “grenadier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
grenadier m (definite singular grenadieren, indefinite plural grenadiere, definite plural grenadierne)
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Romanian
Etymology
Noun
grenadier m (plural grenadieri)
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Swedish
Etymology
Noun
grenadier c
- person from Grenada
Usage notes
Not to be confused with grenadjär (“grenadier”).
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