Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jager"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j["a]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf.
{Yager}.] [Written also {jaeger}.]
1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See {Yager}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of gull of the genus
{Stercorarius}. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast.
The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to
disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are
usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also
{boatswain}, and {marline-spike bird}. The name is also
applied to the skua, or Arctic gull ({Megalestris skua}).
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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