grognard
noun
gro·gnard
(ˌ)grō¦nyär
plural -s
1
: an old soldier
2
often capitalized : a soldier of the original imperial guard that was created by Napoleon I in 1804 and that made the final French charge at Waterloo
Word History
Etymology
French, from grogner to grunt, grumble (from Old French gronir, grogner, from Latin grunnire to grunt) + -ard
- obstinately
- obstinateness
- obstinatenesses
- obstination
- obstipate
- obstipations
- obstreperate
- obstreperated
- obstreperates
- obstreperating
- obstreperous
- obstreperously
- obstreperousness
- obstreperousnesses
- obstriction
- obstrictions
- obstropolous
- pragmaticae
- pragmatical
- pragmaticality
- pragmatically
- pragmaticalness
- pragmaticas
- pragmaticism
- pragmaticisms