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Meanings of grenadier in English

Russian
конногренадёр
Portuguese
granadeiro
Spanish
granaderos
Catalan
gorra granadera
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Infantry soldier armed with grenades or a grenade launcher.

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          конногренадёр
          Portuguese
          macrouridae
          Spanish
          macrouridae

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

                macrouridae
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                Examples for "rattail"
                Examples for "rattail"
                1
                So maybe I should grow sideburns, a rattail, and a unicorntype forelock.
                The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
                2
                But, as happens to so many teenage boys, Anakin acquired a rattail and a terrible attitude.
                Wired
                3
                There are many species of rattails found in New Zealand waters.
                Radio NZ
                4
                Eric's hair was wet with rain and straggled over his shoulders in rattails.
                Dead as a doornail
                5
                Uncovering her bathroom mirror did nothing to cheer her; her hair hung in rattails around her face and dried tears crusted her lashes.
                The bone palace
                Catalan
                granader
                Spanish
                granadero

                An infantryman equipped with grenades.

                      granader
                      Spanish
                      mowag grenadier

                      Armored personnel carrier by MOWAG.

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                            mowag grenadier
                            Usage of grenadier in English
                            1
                            In 1816 the grenadier Fleuriot recognized her in an inn in Strasbourg.
                            Farewell
                            2
                            Close behind them came a tall, resolute grenadier of the Rapp-Thorberg army.
                            The Man from Brodney's
                            3
                            A good grenadier, in those days, seldom lasted more than six months.
                            Folk-Tales of Napoleon / Napoleonder from the Russian; The Napol...
                            4
                            One might as well try to keep a grenadier from a wine-bottle.
                            The Adventures of Gerard
                            5
                            But there you saw a flash that would have cowed a grenadier.
                            The Dew of Their Youth
                            6
                            Turning to the right man of the guard, Come here, you grenadier.
                            The Story of Isaac Brock / Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper C...
                            7
                            But you'll give me a lift on your carriage? said the grenadier.
                            Adieu
                            8
                            With a final mute look of supplication, the grenadier began to creep forward.
                            The forgotten soldier
                            9
                            She had the tread of a grenadier and the voice of an angel.
                            Glasses
                            10
                            Sometimes all the grenadier companies would be put together in a separate battalion.
                            The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe
                            11
                            Napoleon enters with four grenadier guards and causes an immediate uproar.
                            Napoleon
                            12
                            To humiliate them still more, the mutinous grenadier was shot by the gendarmes.
                            Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
                            13
                            The grenadier stared at his comrade, and his comrade at him.
                            The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
                            14
                            But Nell, with her grenadier step, went swiftly and threw open the door.
                            The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American...
                            15
                            But will you take me in your carriage? asked the grenadier.
                            Farewell
                            16
                            About five, we perceived two battalions wearing grenadier caps coming on.
                            Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
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