grenadier

UK /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/ US /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/
noun 4

Definitions

noun

1

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

Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.

3

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

Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.

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