yagger

Y4A1G2G2E1R1
US/ˈjæɡɚ/UK/ˈjæɡə/

noun

A fishing boat used to catch herring.

OriginDutch jager →
Scrabble 11
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

yagger1

nounyagger (plural yaggers)

plural yaggers

  1. obsoleteA fishing boat used to catch herring.

yagger2

nounyagger (plural yaggers)

plural yaggers

  1. ScotlandarchaicA peddler or vagrant.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
vagabond

Origin

  1. Dutchjager“huntsman”
  2. Englishyagger

From Dutch jager (“huntsman”).

More words from Dutch

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yagger

daggeragarjaggerstaggertaggerswaggerbaggerdraggerflaggergaggerbraggerfaggernaggeroutswaggerraggersaggarslaggerwaggerwagger-pagger-bagger
All rhymes →

Anagrams

reggay
Cite this entry
APA

yagger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yagger

MLA

“yagger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yagger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yagger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yagger.

Source: yagger on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.