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yager
noun 2name 1
Collocations
4VERB + YAGER
carries
YAGER + NOUN
colt's, rifle
PREP.
in, with
ADV.
usually
Definitions
noun
1
A heavy, muzzle-loading hunting rifle
There are fourscore of them; and but that each carries a yager rifle in his hand, a knife in his belt, and a Colt's pistol on his thigh, you could not discover the slightest point of resemblance between any two of them.
Many present identify it as the yager usually carried by Clancy.
2
A Jäger, an elite soldier of the Austrian army
Most of the officers were dressed in […] a bluish-grey frock-coat of a colour similar to Austrian yagers.
A battalion of yagers, the pride of the Austrian army, charged up the fatal hill and succeeded in taking it, after which the rattle of musketry beyond announced that the fight was being continued on the farther side.
name
1
A surname.
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There are fourscore of them; and but that each carries a yager rifle in his hand, a knife in his belt, and a Colt's pistol on his thigh, you could not discover the slightest point of resemblance betwe
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Many present identify it as the yager usually carried by Clancy.
Wiktionary03
We were each armed with a Mississippi yager and two Colt's revolvers.
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