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gren⋅a⋅dier

   [gren-uh-deer]
–noun
1. (in the British army) a member of the first regiment of household infantry (Grenadier Guards).
2. (formerly) a specially selected foot soldier in certain elite units.
3. (formerly) a soldier who threw grenades.
4. Also called rat-tail, rat tail. any of several deep-sea fishes of the family Macrouridae, having an elongated, tapering tail.
Origin:
1670–80; < F; see grenade, -ier 2
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gren·a·dier     (grěn'ə-dîr')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A member of the British Grenadier Guards, the first regiment of the royal household infantry.
    2. A soldier who is a member of a special corps or regiment.
    3. A soldier equipped with grenades.
  2. Any of various deep-sea fishes of the family Macrouridae, having a long tapering tail and lacking a tail fin. Also called rat-tail.

[French, from grenade, grenade; see grenade.]
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grenadier

noun
1. an infantryman equipped with grenades 
2. deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail 

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Grenadier

Gren`a*dier"\, 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.

2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A bright-colored South African grosbeak (Pyromelana orix), having the back red and the lower parts black.

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