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Meaning of grenadier | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/

Definitions

  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 of Canada and the United Kingdom.
  2. Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
  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.
  4. Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.

Equivalents

Ελληνικά γρεναδιέρος
Suomi krenatööri
Français grenadier
Italiano granatiere
日本語 擲弾兵
Português granadeiro
Русский гренадер
Svenska grenadjär

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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