(ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
grenadier
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for grenadier.
Editorial note
Not sure why you would want/need a Ineos Grenadier in London, but some people will buy one.
Quick take
(ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of grenadier gathered in one view.
(zoology) Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
(entomology) Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for grenadier.
noun
(ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
See also: rattail, grenade-thrower, rattail-fish
noun
(zoology) Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
See also: rattail, grenade-thrower, rattail-fish
noun
(entomology) Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.
See also: rattail, grenade-thrower, rattail-fish
noun
(military) 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.
See also: rattail, grenade-thrower, rattail-fish
Example sentences
Not sure why you would want/need a Ineos Grenadier in London, but some people will buy one.
But the Queen's Guard is dependent on the Canadians for the bear skins they need to make those giant grenadier hats.
I have very little confidence I'd actually be able to keep a Grenadier on the road forever.
Ah yes, the Grenadier - BMW engine and modeled after a Defender.
I had to look up Ineos bc I’m only familiar with the Grenadier truck.
A touch more amusingly: In the order of precedence of the Foot Guards of the Household Division the Coldstream Guards are second after the Grenadier Guards.
I like the grenade glitches in the Command & Conquer series where, if you click again to retarget during the grenadier's windup animation, they will ignore the range check and can throw arbitrarily far.
There’s the Ineos Grenadier[1] > The Grenadier was designed to be a modern replacement of the original Land Rover Defender, with boxy bodywork, a steel ladder chassis, beam axles with long-travel progressive-rate coil spring suspension (front and rear), and powered by a BMW B58 inline six turbocharged engine.
I was seriously considering buying an Ineos Grenadier because I wanted a nice, modern, safe solid axle 4x4 with decent towing capacity that'll last 50 years or so, but the complexity of that B57/58 and the ZF 8spd, let alone all the other electronic trash like parking sensors, lane sensors, etc scared me off.
Proper noun examples
Ineos Grenadier, they make them like cars used to be made with real buttons and stuff.
The only recent example I'm aware of is the Ineos Grenadier, and it's quite controversial as it means the steering is a) slow, and b) has very low self-centering (also a function of caster).
I remember spending too many hours learning and trying to properly implement the lessons of The Grenadier’s Bible.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use grenadier in a sentence?
Not sure why you would want/need a Ineos Grenadier in London, but some people will buy one.
What does grenadier mean?
(ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
What part of speech is grenadier?
grenadier is commonly used as noun.