擲てき弾だん兵へい

noun

grenadier; grenade thrower

Historical military term for a soldier who throws grenades, especially in early modern European armies. Rare in modern Japanese outside historical or military contexts.

• 擲てき弾だん兵へいは17世せい紀きのヨーロッパで重じゅう要ような兵へい種しゅだった。

  Grenadiers were an important type of soldier in 17th-century Europe.