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- noun Plural form of
jaeger .
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Examples
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The hurtling white grouse flushed here and there are the rock ptarmigan; the dark swift sharp-winged raptors are not peregrine falcons but one or more of the three species of marine predators called jaegers ” German for "hunters" ” which after nesting will return to the oceans of the earth to pass the remainder of the year pirating other birds.
Inside the Endangered Arctic Refuge Matthiessen, Peter 2006
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All jaegers were finely made, and some were decorated, but graceful they were not.
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Birds of prey such as snowy owls, short-eared owls (Asio flammeus), jaegers (skuas – Stercorarius spp.), and rough-legged buzzards (Buteo lagopus) are lemming and vole specialists that are only able to breed at peak lemming densities and which aggregate in areas with high lemming densities.
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All jaegers were finely made, and some were decorated, but graceful they were not.
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I have a good start on this project, having painted a dozen each of the dragoons and jaegers with another 24 Croats on the painting table.
Freikorps von Kleist (FC12) Der Alte Fritz 2008
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Von Kleist jaegers prowl the woods, directed by Colonel von Kleist and his aide on horseback.
Freikorps von Kleist (FC12) Der Alte Fritz 2008
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Von Kleist jaegers prowl the woods, directed by Colonel von Kleist and his aide on horseback.
Archive 2008-10-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008
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Since I like 'colorful' troops, I prefer the jaegers to the mounted figures . . . but both look very good.
Freikorps von Kleist (FC12) Der Alte Fritz 2008
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I have a good start on this project, having painted a dozen each of the dragoons and jaegers with another 24 Croats on the painting table.
Archive 2008-10-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008
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We double-teamed the flocks, an archer in the lead and the scattergun as backup when the birds took to wing, watching for hunting jaegers and glassing from windswept ridgelines.
chained_bear commented on the word jaegers
Captured at Yorktown, "2 regiments artillery, 2 of guards, 2 of light-infantry, 7 of foot ("regiments of foot" were infantry)," which were enumerated separately from those German-speaking troops that served with the British:
2 regiments Anspachers (from the principality of Anspach-Bayreuth in what is now Germany)
the "Hereditary Prince's regiment of horse," a.k.a. the Prince Hereditaire Regiment, and the Erbprinz regiment. Many of these troops were from Hesse-Kassel, which led Americans to refer erroneously to all German speakers who fought with the British as "Hessians"
and 9 companies of "Yagers," a.k.a. Jägers or Jaegers. This regiment, also from Hesse-Kassel, was formed of expert riflemen who were recruited from among game keepers and foresters. The Jäger unit at Yorktown was commanded by Captain Johann Ewald, who left a memoir of his experiences.
October 29, 2007
sionnach commented on the word jaegers
There is a kind of brandy known as Asbach-Uralt. Which, I now realize, has nothing to do with Anspach.
And there is an odd herb lickewer called Jägermeister, much favored by the Erbprinz regiment.
However, it must be pointed out that the Hessians were really a high-tech commando unit charged with helping Keanu Reeves navigate the matrix.
October 30, 2007
reesetee commented on the word jaegers
And then there's the seabird jaeger.
October 30, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word jaegers
The seabird jaeger was named after the German riflemen of the Revolutionary War period, because of the bird's resemblance to their uniforms.
No, not really.
It was because the birds are also excellent shots.
October 30, 2007
reesetee commented on the word jaegers
I see you've graduated to the second level of Uselessness' Madeupical Etymology course. :->
October 30, 2007