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yager - 2 dictionary results

ya⋅ger

  [yey-ger]
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–noun
jaeger (defs. 2, 3).

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.
2. 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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