Etymology

jaeger

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Today it means: Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius. Full definition →

German Jäger
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jaeger · noun1

  1. German · borrowed fromJäger“hunter”
  2. English todayjaeger

A borrowing from German Jäger (“hunter”). Related to English yacht. Compare yager, yagger.

Jaeger · noun2

From the company name of Dr Gustav Jaeger's Sanitary Woollen Systems Co. Ltd.

Words from the same roots

GermanJäger all →

YeageryagerJagr

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