Definitions for grenadiers

grenadiers gren·a·dier

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

Grenadiers is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 779 anagrams from letters in grenadiers (adeeginrrs).

Definitions for grenadiers

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 grenadiers

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

Examples for grenadiers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for grenadiers
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Words with friends

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