Yager

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  • n. A heavy, muzzle-loading hunting rifle
  • n. A Jäger, an elite soldier of the Austrian army
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army.
  • The 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.
  • Word Usage
    "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"
    Variant
    jager   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Major    ager    gauger    major    pager    stager    wager