Definitions for grenadier

grenadier gren·a·dier

Spelling: [gren-uh-deer]
IPA: /ˌgrɛn əˈdɪər/

Grenadier is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 392 anagrams from letters in grenadier (adeeginrr).

Definitions for grenadier

noun

  1. (in the British army) a member of the first regiment of household infantry (Grenadier Guards)
  2. (formerly) a specially selected foot soldier in certain elite units.
  3. (formerly) a soldier who threw grenades.
  4. Also called rat-tail, rat tail. any of several deep-sea fishes of the family Macrouridae, having an elongated, tapering tail.

Origin of grenadier

From French, dating back to 1670-80; See origin at grenade, -ier2

Examples for grenadier

It went to my heart that the grenadier was out of the question.

As my eye flashed upon them, they stiffened up like grenadier recruits.

She charges me like a grenadier and asks me to give her—guess a little what!

A grenadier Guardsman would serve the couple “gin and orange and beef sandwiches by the open fire.”

"Spoke like a British grenadier," cried Billy, with enthusiasm.

Tonight, he will host a dinner at Buckingham Palace in his role of Colonel of the grenadier Guards.

A grenadier Guards sergeant who was among the audience told the paper, "It was really tip-top."

But there you saw a flash that would have cowed a grenadier.

I sat up straight as a grenadier, my shoulders absurdly stiff.

I was so different from the grenadier, so irreconcilable with Elsa's fancy portrait.

Word Value for grenadier
Scrable

0

Words with friends

13

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