jaeger

IPA: dʒˈɛgɝ

Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.
A hunter's guide.
A rifle.
A sharpshooter, a rifleman, light infantry.
The proprietary name of a range of woollen clothing; an item of woollen clothing.
Alternative form of Jäger: (informal) Jägermeister

Examples of "jaeger" in Sentences

At the same time, the stock evolved from the clubby jaeger silhouette to a distinctive slender shape.
I'm wondering if he could be painted as a jaeger since Elite doesn't have a standing jaeger figure yet.
Its direct ancestor was the European jaeger (hunter) rifle, probably the first firearm that could be aimed at a distant target and hit it.
In the 17th century, gunsmiths from Central Europe emigrated to the colony of Pennsylvania, and in their shops the jaeger began to evolve into a much smaller-calibered rifle.
The jaeger was the creation of Central European gunsmiths: a flintlock with a heavy, octagonal, rifled barrel of .60 to .75 caliber; a set (double) trigger; and a walnut stock equipped with a distinctive "trap" in the side that was covered by a sliding plate.
Representative species include snow, Brant and Canada goose; yellow-billed, Arctic, and red-throated loons; whistling swans; oldsquaw ducks; gyrfalcons; willow and rock ptarmigan; red-necked phalarope; parasitic jaeger; snowy owls; hoary redpoll and snow bunting.