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jager

UK/ˈjeɪɡə/US/ˈjeɪ.ɡɚ/

jager is the alternative form of jaeger.

Meaning of jaeger

Noun

jaeger (plural jaegers)

  1. Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.
    Synonyms:
    skua
  2. A hunter or hunter's attendant.
  3. (historical) A rifle.
    • The jaeger was the creation of Central European gunsmiths ...2007 January 16, David E. Petzal, “Rifle That Made America”, in Field and Stream, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2021
  4. A sharpshooter, a rifleman, light infantry.
    • These were the mounted Hessian riflemen, the dreaded Jaegers.2010, Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen, Albert S. Hanser, Valley Forge: George Washington and the Crucible of Victory (Historical Fiction), St. Martin's Press, →ISBN

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Noun capitalized: Jager

Jager (plural Jagers)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of jaeger.

Proper noun capitalized: Jager

Jager

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Jäger: (informal) Jägermeister
  2. A surname.

Forms of jager

pluraljagers
pluralJagers

Words formed from jager

Questions about jager

What does jager mean?
Jager means a surname.
What is jager the alternative form of?
Jager is the alternative form of jaeger.
What part of speech is jager?
Jager can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jager?
Jager is pronounced /ˈjeɪɡə/ (UK).
What is the plural of jager?
The plural of jager is jagers.

Words near jager in the dictionary

  1. jageer
  2. jageerdar
  3. jageerdars
  4. jageers
  5. Jagellonian
  6. jager
  7. Jagera
  8. jagerbomb
  9. jagerbombs
  10. jagers
  11. jagg

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jager (page history and authors); Jager (page history and authors); jaeger (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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