Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Formerly, a member of various bodies of light infantry in the armies of different German states, recruited largely from foresters, etc.; now, a member of certain special battalions or corps of infantry or cavalry, generally organized as riflemen.
- n. Same as jäger.
Wiktionary
- n. US, obsolete A heavy, muzzle-loading hunting rifle
- n. A Jäger, an elite soldier of the Austrian army
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Mil.) In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the
chasseur of the French army.
Etymologies
- From the German Jäger (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Hans carried a light fowling-piece, while Hendrik's gun was a stout rifle of the kind known as a "yager" -- an excellent gun for large game.”
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
“And before us fled Indian and Tory, yager and renegade, Greens, Rangers, Highlanders, officers galloping madly, baggage-wagons smashed, horses down, camp trampled to tatters and splinters as the vengeance of Tryon County passed in a tornado of fury that cleansed the land forever of Walter Butler and his demons of the”
“The young man had an idea that as soon as he became a little taller and could take down the heavy gun, an old "United States yager" with a big bore, bloodshed would follow in great quantities.”
“We were each armed with a Mississippi yager and two Colt's revolvers.”
“Not the wild yager on his gait to perdition, rode so fearfully.”
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
“But one of the rifles carried by Fordham, was the German yager, short, and with a strap attached, which the overseer contrived to bind pretty close to his body, and beneath it, when he crawled; the stock being just under his left shoulder.”
“Many present identify it as the yager usually carried by”
“There are fourscore of them; and but that each carries a yager rifle in his hand, a knife in his belt, and a”
“All three were for a short while together -- Hendrik holding his yager cocked and ready, while Swartboy grasped his bow and arrows.”
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
“Hendrik dismounted, hooked his rein over one of these forks; rested his yager across another; and then, sighting the shaft of the arrow, pulled trigger.”
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
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Deadeyes
Sharpshooters and the like.
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