grenadier

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GRENADIE'R, noun 1. A foot soldier, wearing a high cap. Grenadiers are usually tall, active soldiers, distinguished from others chiefly by their dress and arms; a company of them is usually attached to each battalion. 2. A fowl found in Angola, in Africa.
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