Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several migratory seabirds of the genus Stercorarius that breed in Arctic regions and harass smaller birds to snatch the food they drop.
- noun A hunter or hunting attendant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
jäger .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
jager .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of three seabirds in the
skua genus Stercorarius - noun A hunter's guide
- noun A
rifle - noun A
sharpshooter , arifleman , lightinfantry
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the 17th century, gunsmiths from Central Europe emigrated to the colony of Pennsylvania, and in their shops the jaeger began to evolve into a much smaller-calibered rifle.
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At the same time, the stock evolved from the clubby jaeger silhouette to a distinctive slender shape.
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Its direct ancestor was the European jaeger (hunter) rifle, probably the first firearm that could be aimed at a distant target and hit it.
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The jaeger was the creation of Central European gunsmiths: a flintlock with a heavy, octagonal, rifled barrel of .60 to .75 caliber; a set (double) trigger; and a walnut stock equipped with a distinctive "trap" in the side that was covered by a sliding plate.
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In the 17th century, gunsmiths from Central Europe emigrated to the colony of Pennsylvania, and in their shops the jaeger began to evolve into a much smaller-calibered rifle.
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At the same time, the stock evolved from the clubby jaeger silhouette to a distinctive slender shape.
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The jaeger was the creation of Central European gunsmiths: a flintlock with a heavy, octagonal, rifled barrel of .60 to .75 caliber; a set (double) trigger; and a walnut stock equipped with a distinctive "trap" in the side that was covered by a sliding plate.
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Its direct ancestor was the European jaeger (hunter) rifle, probably the first firearm that could be aimed at a distant target and hit it.
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Representative species include snow, Brant and Canada goose; yellow-billed, Arctic, and red-throated loons; whistling swans; oldsquaw ducks; gyrfalcons; willow and rock ptarmigan; red-necked phalarope; parasitic jaeger; snowy owls; hoary redpoll and snow bunting.
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I'm wondering if he could be painted as a jaeger since Elite doesn't have a standing jaeger figure yet.
Early Elite Miniatures - I Want These Figures Der Alte Fritz 2008
chained_bear commented on the word jaeger
In the eighteenth century, a German (German-speaking) rifleman or sharpshooter.
February 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word jaeger
...or any of several seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that pursue weaker birds to make them drop their prey
April 17, 2007
trivet commented on the word jaeger
nasty, bullying skuas!
April 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word jaeger
True...but it's easy to like them still when they're not bullying you directly. :-)
April 17, 2007