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grenadiers

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noun

Say it like: Gre-nad-eer-s

The correct spelling is grenadiers. 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.

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noun

  1. 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. 2.Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
  3. 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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