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grenadier

 
Dictionary: gren·a·dier
(grĕn'ə-dîr') pronunciation
n.
    1. A member of the British Grenadier Guards, the first regiment of the royal household infantry.
    2. A soldier who is a member of a special corps or regiment.
    3. A soldier equipped with grenades.
  1. Any of various deep-sea fishes of the family Macrouridae, having a long tapering tail and lacking a tail fin. Also called rat-tail.

[French, from grenade, grenade. See grenade.]


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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an infantryman equipped with grenades
  Synonym: grenade thrower

Meaning #2: deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
  Synonyms: rattail, rattail fish


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - grenader, langhale, skolæst

Nederlands (Dutch)
grenadier

Français (French)
n. - (Mil) grenadier

Deutsch (German)
n. - Grenadier

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (στρατ.) γρεναδιέρος

Italiano (Italian)
granatiere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - granadeiro (m) (Mil.)

Русский (Russian)
гренадер

Español (Spanish)
n. - granadero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - grenadjär

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
手榴弹兵, 精锐部队的士兵

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 手榴彈兵, 精銳部隊的士兵

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수류탄병, 척탄병, 영국 근위 보병 제 1 연대의 병사, 대구 비슷한 심해어의 일종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 擲弾兵, 精鋭部隊の歩兵

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رامي القنابل اليدويه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מטיל רימונים, רמן, מין דג‬


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