Jaeger

//ˈjeɪɡəɹ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.
  2. 2
    The proprietary name of a range of woollen clothing; an item of woollen clothing.

    "'I have a good comfortable dressing-gown of Jaeger material.'"

  3. 3
    rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey wordnet
  4. 4
    A hunter's guide.
  5. 5
    A rifle.

    "The jaeger was the creation of Central European gunsmiths ..."

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  1. 6
    A sharpshooter, a rifleman, light infantry.

    "These were the mounted Hessian riflemen, the dreaded Jaegers."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Jäger: (informal) Jägermeister alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

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seahawkskuaskua

Example

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"Textile artist-designer Mary Jaeger, who works in a 1920 factory in Brooklyn, New York, blends the time-honored elegance of Japanese textiles with contemporary Western designs."

Etymology

Etymology 1

A borrowing from German Jäger (“hunter”). Related to English yacht. Compare yager, yagger.

Etymology 2

From the company name of Dr Gustav Jaeger's Sanitary Woollen Systems Co. Ltd.

Related phrases

Stercorarius longicaudusStercorarius parasiticusStercorarius pomarinuslong-tailed jaegerparasitic jaegerpomarine jaeger

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