grenadier

From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade +‎ -ier.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

grenadier (plural grenadiers)

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.
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.

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grenade +‎ -ier

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁə.na.dje/

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grenadier m (plural grenadiers)

1. pomegranate tree
2. (military) grenadier

• “grenadier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• dénigrera

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

1. a Grenadian (person from Grenada)

• Grenada
• grenadisk

grenadier c

1. person from Grenada

• Grenada
• grenadisk
• grenadiska