- Explosive e’er daring soldier - Foot soldier - Grenadethrowing soldier - Infantryman - Rereading about Buckingham Palace guard - Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades;
afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion,
taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform.
In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a
grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier
Guards of the British army, etc. - Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body
and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called
also onion fish, and rat-tail fish.