jaeger

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jae⋅ger

[yey-ger; for 1 also jey-ger]

–noun

1.	any of several rapacious seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that pursue weaker birds to make them drop their prey.

a hunter.

3.	a member of any of several groups of sharpshooters in the German or Austrian army.

Also, jager, jäger, yager (for defs. 2, 3).

Origin:
1770–80; < G Jäger hunter, equiv. to jag(en) to hunt + -er -er ¹

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jae·ger (yā'gər)

also (jā'gər) Any of several Arctic and Boreal sea birds of the genus Stercorarius that harass smaller birds and snatch the food they drop. Also called skua.
A huntsman or hunting attendant.

[German Jäger, hunter, jaeger, from Middle High German jeger, from Old High German jagāri, from jagōn, to hunt.]

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