Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Yager"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Yager \Ya"ger\ (?; 277), n. [G. j["a]ger a hunter, from jagen to
chase, hunt.] (Mil.)
In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry
armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French
army. [Written also {jager}.]
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