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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 grenades
2. deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
Familiarity information: GRENADIER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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