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What is a grenadier?

What is a grenadier? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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. 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.
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The governess is saved by the intervention of a grenadier who dares to break down the doors of her apartments.
Led by Colonel Phillips, it included one grenadier company and nine fusilier companies, in all 33 officers and 400 soldiers.
The abyssal grenadier has a liver that can store enough food to keep it going for 186 days if needs be.
Chancellor Bismarck once famously remarked that the whole of the Balkans were not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier.
When some of the water is removed from the grenadier, its flesh becomes firm, and the meat flaky, says Crapo.
These are the grenadier fish and the emperor fish which are minor contributors to diet, but data showed the lower level was unachievable.

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