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Grenadier vs Bombardier - What's the difference?

grenadier | bombardier |

As nouns the difference between grenadier and bombardier

is that grenadier is 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 while bombardier is a bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.

grenadier

English

(wikipedia grenadier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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).
  • Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
  • Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.

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    bombardier

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (North America) A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
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  • (Canada, Britain) A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated
  • * Wikipedia : Bombardier (Bdr) and Lance Bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are British Army ranks used in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery instead of (respectively) Corporal and Lance Corporal. In the Canadian Forces, the Artillery Branch uses the ranks of Master Bombardier and Bombardier instead of Master Corporal and Corporal.
  • An artilleryman; a gunner.
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  • (entomology) A bombardier beetle.

    • Derived terms

    * lance bombardier * master bombardier * bombardier beetle

    Related terms

    * bombard * bomb

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