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Jaeger
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jaeger
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈjeɪɡə/ UK
en /ˈjeɪ.ɡɚ/ US
Etymology 1
From the company name of Dr Gustav Jaeger's Sanitary Woollen Systems Co. Ltd.
Noun
The proprietary name of a range of woollen clothing; an item of woollen clothing.
en w:Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express London HarperCollins 1934 2017 5 110 'I have a good comfortable dressing-gown of Jaeger material.'
en 1978 w:Lawrence Durrell Livia Faber & Faber 1992 Avignon Quintet 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
en Jäger: en informal Jägermeister