yager

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yager - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Yager \Ya"ger\ (?; 277), n. [G. j[aum]ger a hunter, from jagen
     to chase, hunt.] (Mil.)
     In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry
     armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French
     army. [Written also jager.]
     [1913 Webster]