'Yager' definitions:

Definition of 'Yager'

From: GCIDE
  • Yager \Ya"ger\ (?; 277), n. [G. j[aum]ger a hunter, from jagen to chase, hunt.] (Mil.) In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army. [Written also jager.] [1913 Webster]