Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Formerly, a member of various bodies of light infantry in the armies of different German states, recruited largely from foresters, etc.; now, a member of certain special battalions or corps of infantry or cavalry, generally organized as riflemen.
- noun Same as
jäger .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil.) In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the
chasseur of the French army.
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- noun US, obsolete A heavy,
muzzle-loading huntingrifle - noun A
Jäger , an elite soldier of the Austrian army
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hans carried a light fowling-piece, while Hendrik's gun was a stout rifle of the kind known as a "yager" -- an excellent gun for large game.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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And before us fled Indian and Tory, yager and renegade, Greens, Rangers, Highlanders, officers galloping madly, baggage-wagons smashed, horses down, camp trampled to tatters and splinters as the vengeance of Tryon County passed in a tornado of fury that cleansed the land forever of Walter Butler and his demons of the
The Reckoning 1899
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We were each armed with a Mississippi yager and two Colt's revolvers.
The Life of Hon William F Cody Cody, William F 1879
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The young man had an idea that as soon as he became a little taller and could take down the heavy gun, an old "United States yager" with a big bore, bloodshed would follow in great quantities.
A Man and a Woman Stanley Waterloo 1879
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Not the wild yager on his gait to perdition, rode so fearfully.
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War George Alfred Townsend 1877
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But one of the rifles carried by Fordham, was the German yager, short, and with a strap attached, which the overseer contrived to bind pretty close to his body, and beneath it, when he crawled; the stock being just under his left shoulder.
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There are fourscore of them; and but that each carries a yager rifle in his hand, a knife in his belt, and a
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
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All three were for a short while together -- Hendrik holding his yager cocked and ready, while Swartboy grasped his bow and arrows.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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Hendrik dismounted, hooked his rein over one of these forks; rested his yager across another; and then, sighting the shaft of the arrow, pulled trigger.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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Many present identify it as the yager usually carried by
The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850
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