grognardn.

Brit.

/ɡrɒnˈjɑː/,

/ˈɡrɒɡnɑːd/, U.S.

/ɡroʊnˈjɑr/,

/ˈɡroʊɡˌnɑrd/,

/ˈɡrɑɡˌnɑrd/

Etymology: French, lit. ‘grumbler’. ‘Nom donné aux soldats de la vieille garde sous le premier empire, et, en général, à un vieux soldat, le plus souvent en un sens favorable’ (Littré).

A soldier of Napoleon's Old Guard. Also transferred, a veteran soldier.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun]

spahi1562

legionnaire1595

strelitz1603

Croat1623

deli1667

Croatian1700

lancer1712

highlander1725

lambs1744

royals1762

light-bob1778

fly-slicer1785

Life Guardsman1785

royals?1795

Hottentot1796

yeoman1798

pandour1800

Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811

forty-two man1816

kilty1842

Zouave1848

bumblerc1850

Inniskilliner1853

blue cap1857

turco1860

Zou-Zou1860

mudlark1878

king's man1883

Johnny1888

Piffer1892

evzone1897

horse gunner1897

dink1906

army ranger1910

grognard1912

Jock1914

chocolate soldier1915

Cook's tourist1915

dinkum1916

Anzaca1918

choc1917

ranger1942

Chindit1943

Desert Rat1944

Green Beret1949

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > veteran soldier

veteran?1504

man of service1553

campaigner1771

old moustache1828

warhorse1836

vet1848

Old Bill1915

old sweat1919

retread1941

grognard1959

1912 J. H. Rose Personality of Napoleon iii. 68 He [sc. Napoleon] loved to talk with his Old Guard, asking them how long and where they had served... He it was who nicknamed them les grognards.

1945 G. B. Shaw Geneva (1946) 19 They did not receive him as the grognards of the Bourbon army received Napoleon on his return from Elba.

1959 Spectator 21 Aug. 218/3 No wonder some of the grognards of the Soviet old guard mumble that the Czechs have always had it too easy.

Draft additions June 2019

In gaming contexts: an expert or long-standing player, esp. of war-games or role-playing games.Sometimes with negative connotations of being resistant to change.

ΚΠ

1980 Verbatim Autumn 10/1 In the wargaming hobby, a grognard is ‘a hard-core gamer, one who purchases a dozen or more games a year’.

1989 Introd. Games in rec.games.board (Usenet newsgroup) 17 Oct. To all grognards and other board wargamers: Please attempt a similar exercise with your collection, and then scan your social environment for candidates to teach these gems to.

2018 @greg_oose 19 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I should have known you were a D&Der! I'm a bit of a grognard myself. Like to play 1st ed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grognard
释义	grognardn. Brit. /ɡrɒnˈjɑː/, /ˈɡrɒɡnɑːd/, U.S. /ɡroʊnˈjɑr/, /ˈɡroʊɡˌnɑrd/, /ˈɡrɑɡˌnɑrd/ Etymology: French, lit. ‘grumbler’. ‘Nom donné aux soldats de la vieille garde sous le premier empire, et, en général, à un vieux soldat, le plus souvent en un sens favorable’ (Littré). A soldier of Napoleon's Old Guard. Also transferred, a veteran soldier. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > veteran soldier veteran?1504 man of service1553 campaigner1771 old moustache1828 warhorse1836 vet1848 Old Bill1915 old sweat1919 retread1941 grognard1959 1912 J. H. Rose Personality of Napoleon iii. 68 He [sc. Napoleon] loved to talk with his Old Guard, asking them how long and where they had served... He it was who nicknamed them les grognards. 1945 G. B. Shaw Geneva (1946) 19 They did not receive him as the grognards of the Bourbon army received Napoleon on his return from Elba. 1959 Spectator 21 Aug. 218/3 No wonder some of the grognards of the Soviet old guard mumble that the Czechs have always had it too easy. Draft additions June 2019 In gaming contexts: an expert or long-standing player, esp. of war-games or role-playing games.Sometimes with negative connotations of being resistant to change. ΚΠ 1980 Verbatim Autumn 10/1 In the wargaming hobby, a grognard is ‘a hard-core gamer, one who purchases a dozen or more games a year’. 1989 Introd. Games in rec.games.board (Usenet newsgroup) 17 Oct. To all grognards and other board wargamers: Please attempt a similar exercise with your collection, and then scan your social environment for candidates to teach these gems to. 2018 @greg_oose 19 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I should have known you were a D&Der! I'm a bit of a grognard myself. Like to play 1st ed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1912
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