Word
Grenadier
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
gren-a-dier
Definition
- n. - 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.
- n. - Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body
and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called
also onion fish, and rat-tail fish.
- n. - A bright-colored South African grosbeak (Pyromelana
orix), having the back red and the lower parts black.
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