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English

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Etymology

From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade + -ier.

Pronunciation

Noun

grenadier (plural grenadiers)

  1. (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.
  2. (ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
  3. (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.
  4. (entomology) Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.

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French

Etymology

From grenade + -ier.

Pronunciation

Noun

grenadier m (plural grenadiers)

  1. pomegranate tree
    Synonym: (obsolete) migrainier
  2. (military) grenadier

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

grenadier m (definite singular grenadieren, indefinite plural grenadiere, definite plural grenadierne)

  1. a Grenadian (person from Grenada)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French grenadier.

Noun

grenadier m (plural grenadieri)

  1. grenadier

Declension

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Swedish

Etymology

Grenada + -ier

Noun

grenadier c

  1. person from Grenada

Usage notes

Not to be confused with grenadjär (grenadier).

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