jaeger

== English == === Alternative forms === jager, Jäger, jäger, yager === Etymology === A borrowing from German Jäger (“hunter”). Related to English yacht. Compare yager, yagger. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjeɪɡəɹ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjeɪɡə/ === Noun === jaeger (plural jaegers) Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius. A hunter's guide. A rifle. A sharpshooter, a rifleman, light infantry. ==== Synonyms ==== (bird of the genus Stercorarius): skua ==== Derived terms ==== pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus ==== Translations ==== === References === “jaeger”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “jaeger”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.