jaeger

noun

jae·​ger ˈyā-gər How to pronounce jaeger (audio)
 sense 2 also  ˈjā-
1
b
: one attending a person of rank or wealth and wearing hunter's costume
2
: any of several large dark-colored birds (genus Stercorarius) of northern seas that are related to the skua, are strong fliers, and tend to harass weaker birds until they drop or disgorge their prey

Examples of jaeger in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Among the birds counted on a seabird survey at Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary were 75 great shearwaters, 16 sooty shearwaters, 2,200 Wilson’s storm-petrels, two red phalaropes, and five parasitic jaegers. BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023 At Manomet Point, 60 Wilson’s storm-petrels and two Leach’s storm-petrels offshore, and a lingering pomarine jaeger. Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023 Birds blown in at Race Point in Provincetown included 43 red-necked phalaropes, a razorbill, 5 parasitic jaegers, 24 black-legged kittiwakes, a black tern, 3 Arctic terns, an Iceland gull, 60 Wilson’s storm-petrels, 4 sooty shearwaters, and 8 Manx shearwaters. BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023 Perhaps the most obscure units are the three jaeger brigades, each with around 2,000 troops. David Axe, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2022 Late in the film, the jaeger Striker Eureka sacrifices itself to destroy two circling kaijus. Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2013 Either limit puts the jaeger-carrying kaiju squarely in the stratosphere. Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2013 The war has untethered the jaeger brigades from the geography that originally justified their formation. David Axe, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2022 Even so, the jaeger bomb isn’t anything to mess with. Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2013

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Word History

Etymology

German Jäger

First Known Use

1781, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of jaeger was in 1781

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“Jaeger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaeger. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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