Associations to the word «Grenadier»

Wiktionary

GRENADIER, noun. 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.
GRENADIER, noun. Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
GRENADIER, noun. Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.

Dictionary definition

GRENADIER, noun. An infantryman equipped with grenades.
GRENADIER, noun. Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats