Meaning of Jaeger | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The proprietary name of a range of woollen clothing; an item of woollen clothing.
2. Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.
3. A hunter's guide.
4. A rifle.
5. A sharpshooter, a rifleman, light infantry.

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Examples

“The jaeger was the creation of Central European gunsmiths ...”

“These were the mounted Hessian riflemen, the dreaded Jaegers.”

“St. Louis, however, was not a place where such things could be kept secret for long. By early March, Democratic papers carried reports of a terrifying new battalion known as the Black Jaegers --”

“'I have a good comfortable dressing-gown of Jaeger material.'”

“His nether half was clad in lightweight Jaeger combinations which stretched to the ankle and through the fly-slit of which depended the royal member with its innocent pink tip.”

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