different between jaeger vs jagger

English

Alternative forms

• jager, Jäger, jäger, yager

Etymology

A borrowing from German Jäger (“hunter”). Related to English yacht. Compare yager, yagger.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?je???/

Noun

jaeger (plural jaegers)

Wikispecies

1. Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.
2. A hunter's guide.
3. A rifle.
4. A sharpshooter, a rifleman, light infantry.
5. (In science fiction): a robotic exoskeleton used in combat.

Synonyms

• (bird of the genus Stercorarius): skua

Derived terms

• pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus
• parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
• long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus

Translations

References

• jaeger at OneLook Dictionary Search
• jaeger in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?æ??(?)/
• Rhymes: -æ??(?)

Etymology 1

jag +? -er

Noun

jagger (plural jaggers)

1. carrier, carter
2. peddler, hawker
   • 1821, Sir Walter Scott, The Pirate

     The jagger, with those green, goggling, and gain-descrying kind of optics, which we have already described, continued gazing for an instant after the customer, who treated his wares with such irreverence.

3. A jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc.
4. A toothed chisel.
5. jag
   • 2011, Larry Enright, A King in a Court of Fools

     I don't know if you've ever gotten close to a jagger bush, but those stickers can be pretty mean.

   • 2011- , Chris Preksta, Curt Wootton, Pittsburgh Dad: Everything Your Dad Has Said to You

     How about we play The Store is a jagger bush and you don't touch nothing.

Etymology 2

Blend of jaguar +? tiger

Noun

jagger (plural jaggers)

1. The offspring of a male jaguar and a female tiger.