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Webster 1913 Edition


Yager

Ya′ger

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[G.
jäger
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
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Yager

YAGER

,
Noun.
Yawger. [G., to chase.] A horseman.