Definition of grenadier
- n. - Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades;
afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion,
taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform.
In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a
grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier
Guards of the British army, etc.
- n. - Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body
and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called
also onion fish, and rat-tail fish.
- n. - A bright-colored South African grosbeak (Pyromelana
orix), having the back red and the lower parts black.