Standard Lemma guide

jaeger

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈjeɪɡə/
  • US: /ˈjeɪ.ɡɚ/
  • General-American: /ˈjeɪɡəɹ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjeɪɡə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 G ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: Y AE1 G ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Alternative form of Jäger: (informal) Jägermeister

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A hunter's guide.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A rifle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 5

A sharpshooter, a rifleman, light infantry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The proprietary name of a range of woollen clothing; an item of woollen clothing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 7

rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: coastal diving bird

Narrower terms: parasitic jaeger, arctic skua, Stercorarius parasiticus, skua, bonxie

History

Etymology

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

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

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: cágalu — seabird
  • Asturian: fernandón — seabird
  • Bulgarian: морелетник (moreletnik) — seabird
  • Danish: kjove — seabird
  • Faroese: kjógvi — seabird
  • Finnish: kihu — seabird
  • Icelandic: kjói — seabird
  • Norwegian: jo — seabird
  • Russian: помо́рник (pomórnik) — seabird
  • Swedish: labb — seabird
  • Finnish: metsästysopas — hunter's guide
  • Russian: е́герь (jégerʹ) — hunter's guide
  • Bulgarian: егер (eger) — soldier
  • Finnish: jääkäri — soldier
  • Polish: jegier — soldier
  • Russian: е́герь (jégerʹ) — soldier