yager
English
Noun
yager (plural yagers)
- (US, obsolete) A heavy, muzzle-loading hunting rifle
- A Jäger, an elite soldier of the Austrian army
- 1926, John Marshall, The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 (of 5):
- Three days after this affair, Colonel Richard Butler, with a detachment of infantry, assisted by Major Lee with a part of his cavalry, fell in with a small party of chasseurs and yagers under Captain Donop, which he instantly charged, and, without the loss of a man, killed ten on the spot, and took the officer commanding the chasseur, and eighteen of the yagers, prisoners.
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