jaeger

American  

[yey-ger, jey-ger] / ˈyeɪ gər, ˈdʒeɪ gər /

Also jager,

noun

1. any of several rapacious seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that pursue weaker birds to make them drop their prey.

2. a hunter.

3. a member of any of several groups of sharpshooters in the German or Austrian army.

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jaeger British  

/ ˈjeɪɡə /

noun

1. military a marksman in certain units of the German or Austrian armies

2. a member of a light or mountain infantry unit in some European armies

3. any of several skuas of the genus Stercorarius

4. rare  a hunter or hunter's attendant

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Etymology

Origin of jaeger

First recorded in 1770–80; from German Jäger “hunter,” equivalent to jag(en) “to hunt” + -er noun suffix; -er ¹

Example Sentences

Huntsmen, known as jaegers, are certified to shoot wild and stray animals.

From New York Times

One jaeger weaponizes and destroys entire buildings; other fights have heroes and villains charging each other, oblivious to the way their extended energy swords are slicing entire skyscrapers in half.

From The Verge

A black tern and a parasitic jaeger flitted into view, seabirds forced to shore by the winds of the storm.

From Washington Post

Drifting is when two jaeger pilots are teamed up and they use a system to interface with the robot that literally merges their minds.

From Los Angeles Times

It begs the nerdy question: How big would a jaeger bomb have to be to create dry land on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean?

From Scientific American