Jaeger

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈjeɪːɡə/

Alternative forms

• jager, jäger, yager

Origin

From German Jäger ("hunter")

Full definition of jaeger

Noun

1. Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius
2. A hunter's guide
3. A rifle
• 2007-01-16 , David E. Petzal , Rifle That Made America , The jaeger was the creation of Central European gunsmiths ...
4. A sharpshooter, a rifleman, light infantry
• 2010 , Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen, Albert S. Hanser , Valley Forge: George Washington and the Crucible of Victory , These were the mounted Hessian riflemen, the dreaded Jaegers.
• 2011 , Adam Goodheart , Civil Warfare in the Streets , St. Louis, however, was not a place where such things could be kept secret for long. By early March, Democratic papers carried reports of a terrifying new battalion known as the Black Jaegers --

Synonyms

• (bird of the genus Stercorarius) skua

Derived terms

• pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus
• parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
• long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus