grenadier

noun

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.

3. 3

   Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.