"jaeger" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈjeɪɡəɹ/ [General-American], /ˈjeɪɡə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: jaeger Wikispecies [canonical], jaegers [plural]
Etymology: A borrowing from German Jäger (“hunter”). Related to English yacht. Compare yager, yagger. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Jäger|t=hunter}} German Jäger (“hunter”), {{noncog|en|yacht}} English yacht, {{m|en|yager}} yager, {{m|en|yagger}} yagger Head templates: {{en-noun}} jaeger (plural jaegers)
  1. Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius. Categories (lifeform): Seabirds Synonyms (bird of the genus Stercorarius): skua Translations (seabird): cágalu (Asturian), fernandón (Asturian), морелетник (moreletnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kjove [common-gender] (Danish), kjógvi [masculine] (Faroese), kihu (Finnish), kjói [masculine] (Icelandic), jo [common-gender] (Norwegian), помо́рник (pomórnik) [masculine] (Russian), labb [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-jaeger-en-noun-4kBwg7qq Disambiguation of Seabirds: 88 3 3 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 6 16 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 6 13 6 Disambiguation of 'bird of the genus Stercorarius': 92 2 3 3 Disambiguation of 'seabird': 87 3 4 6
  2. A hunter's guide. Translations (hunter's guide): metsästysopas (Finnish), е́герь (jégerʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-jaeger-en-noun-giYPUHz2 Disambiguation of "hunter's guide": 2 89 5 3
  3. A rifle.
    Sense id: en-jaeger-en-noun-oAyq~Lu-
  4. A sharpshooter, a rifleman, light infantry. Translations (soldier): егер (eger) [masculine] (Bulgarian), jääkäri (Finnish), jegier [masculine] (Polish), е́герь (jégerʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-jaeger-en-noun-nLg8OxDB Disambiguation of 'soldier': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: jager, Jäger, jäger, yager Derived forms: pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus, parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus, long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus

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