grenadier
Tall hat soldier
A grenadier was originally a soldier who threw grenades—heavy explosive devices requiring strength and courage to deploy.
As grenades became less central to infantry tactics, grenadier evolved into an elite designation: the Grenadier Guards.
The word also names a deep-sea fish with a large head tapering to a thin tail, its silhouette vaguely suggesting a soldier in profile.
Ursine pelt or cap
- plumeOrnamental feather or rising column
- epauletteOrnamental military shoulder piece
- shakoPlumed ceremonial military cap
- tunicLoose hip-length top
redcoat · cockade · gorget · gaiters · breeches · sash · bayonet · musket
Colonel-led military unit
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- platoonSmall infantry formation
- brigadeLarge military unit
- fusilierMusket-bearing infantry soldier
musketeer · rifleman · infantryman · soldier · guardsman · dragoon · carabineer · halberdier
Prone to sudden detonation
- fuseProtective melting wire
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- blastSudden forceful burst
- shrapnelScattered explosion fragments
projectile · cartridge · ammunition · gunpowder · lobbing · throwing · incendiary · fragmentation
bearskin
Ursine pelt or cap
- plumeOrnamental feather or rising column
- epauletteOrnamental military shoulder piece
- shakoPlumed ceremonial military cap
tunic · redcoat · cockade · gorget · gaiters · breeches · sash · bayonet · musket · frockcoat
regiment
Colonel-led military unit
fusilier · musketeer · rifleman · infantryman · soldier · guardsman · dragoon · carabineer · halberdier · pikeman
explosive
Prone to sudden detonation
- fuseProtective melting wire
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- blastSudden forceful burst
shrapnel · projectile · cartridge · ammunition · gunpowder · lobbing · throwing · incendiary · fragmentation · bombardment
Napoleonic
Of the French emperor
- WaterlooCrushing, decisive defeat
- eighteenth-centuryRelating to the 1700s
- PrussianFrom a former Baltic kingdom
British · French · imperial · guard · elite · tall · stature · vanguard · flintlock · tricorn
rattail
Tapered comb or hairstyle
- deepseaOf ocean depths
- abyssalExtremely deep, unmeasurable
- bioluminescenceOrganism-generated light emission
oceanic · Atlantic · Pacific · benthic · elongated · tapered · scaleless · trawling · mesopelagic
- armeeregiment, brigade, peloton, troupe, unite
- combatantssoldier, warrior, fighter, swordsman, spearman
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- military rolessoldier, warrior, Praetorian Guard, sailor, Imperial Guard
- soldiersinfantryman, private, fusilier, fusiliers, corporal
- toy soldierstin soldier, tin soldiers, lead soldier, wooden soldier, nutcracker
grenadiercavalryman
Soldier who fights mounted
dragoon · hussar · cavalry · lancer · mounted infantry
grenadiercamp follower
Civilian accompanying military forces
conscript · raw recruit · auxiliary · militiaman · levy