Jaeger

See also: jaeger

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjeɪɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈjeɪ.ɡɚ/

Etymology 1

From the company name of Dr Gustav Jaeger's Sanitary Woollen Systems Co. Ltd.

Noun

Jaeger (plural Jaegers)

1. The proprietary name of a range of woollen clothing; an item of woollen clothing.
   • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 5, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 110:

     'I have a good comfortable dressing-gown of Jaeger material.'

   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 445:

     His nether half was clad in lightweight Jaeger combinations which stretched to the ankle and through the fly-slit of which depended the royal member with its innocent pink tip.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Jaeger

1. Alternative form of Jäger: (informal) Jägermeister