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GRENADIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grenadier mean? 

GRENADIER (noun)
  The noun GRENADIER has 2 senses:

1. an infantryman equipped with grenadesplay

2. deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tailplay

  Familiarity information: GRENADIER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRENADIER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An infantryman equipped with grenades

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

grenade thrower; grenadier

Hypernyms ("grenadier" is a kind of...):

foot soldier; footslogger; infantryman; marcher (fights on foot with small arms)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grenadier; rattail; rattail fish

Hypernyms ("grenadier" is a kind of...):

gadoid; gadoid fish (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)

Holonyms ("grenadier" is a member of...):

family Macrouridae; family Macruridae; Macrouridae; Macruridae (grenadiers)


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