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Jger
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Jger (German pronunciation: [j] as in Yeager) is the German word for "hunter", and also a common German surname. The various meanings of Jger, Jaeger and Jager include:

Contents
1 Technology 2 Military 3 People 4 Animals 5 Fictional 6 Other 7 See also

Technology
JgerMonkey, the next-generation JavaScript engine introduced in Firefox 4

Military
See also: Rifleman Jger (military), a German military term for rifle-armed infantry, akin to Army Rangers Jger Movement, Finnish volunteers trained in Germany as Jgers during World War I The Jger March, a Finnish honorary march of many army detachments Some early flintlock rifles were known as Jger rifles, see German military rifles See List of Jger units for Jger units in various national armies

People
Adolf Jger, German amateur football (soccer) player Alvin Jaeger, politician Andrea Jaeger (born 1965), American tennis player and humanitarian August Jaeger, English music publisher of German extraction Edmund Jaeger, US biologist Eduard Jger von Jaxtthal, Austrian ophthalmologis Eric Jager, professor in the department of English at University of California, Los Angeles Finne Jager, trance music DJ from the Netherlands Frank Jger, Danish poet Frans Maurits Jaeger (18771945) Dutch chemist Frederick Jaeger, German actor
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Friedrich Gustav Jaeger, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany and a member of the July 20 Plot Gerrit de Jager, Dutch comic-artist Gisela Jger, German rower Gustav Jger (editor) (19252010), German editor Gustav Jger (naturalist) (18321917), German naturalist and doctor Gustav Jaeger (painter) (18081871), German painter Gustav Jger (physicist) (18651938), Austrian physicist and lecturer Gustav Jger (writer) (18151875), Austrian alpinist and writer Gustav Maria Jaeger (18351851), Austrian painter, engraver and lithographer Hans Jger, Norwegian writer, philosopher and political activist Hermann Jaeger, Swiss oenologist Jacob de Jager, general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Jan Kees de Jager, IT entrepreneur and politician in the Netherlands Jaromr Jgr (born 1972), Czech ice hockey player Jeff Jaeger, former American football place-kicker Jonathan Jger, French-born German professional footballer Karl Jger, Swiss-born Nazi leader, commander of the SD Einsatzkommando 3 Lorenz Jaeger, German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church Marike Jager, singer, guitarist and composer from the Netherlands Marilyn Jager Adams, researcher in the areas of cognition and education Martin Jgr (born 1979), Czech rugby union player Maximilian Jaeger, Swiss Minister in Budapest from 1936 to 1944 Michael Jger, German artist Peta Taylor (married name Mary Jaegar), English cricketer Professor Jager, stage name of Scott Folsom, co-founder of the League of STEAM Richard Jaeger, German politician Robert E. Jager, US composer Stefan Jger, painter Thomas Jger, German racing driver Tom Jager, US freestyle swimmer Werner Jaeger, German classicist Werner Jger, Austrian ice speed skater

Animals
Jaeger, the North American name for the smaller species of the skua family of seabirds Jaeger's Anetia, a species of butterfly in the Danaidae family

Fictional
Gray Fox (Frank Jaeger), a character in the Metal Gear series Jagar Tharn, a fictional character of The Elder Scrolls universe Karl Jaeger, a playable character in the game Alien Swarm Felix Jaeger, a fictional character in the Gotrek and Felix series Jgermonsters, a fictional race from the Girl Genius comics Gen. Radi Jaeger, a fictional villain in the video game Valkyria Chronicles The Strong Jaeger, a red and yellow robot with a signature J on his chest appearing in the videos of songs of the same name in the beatmania IIDX music games
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Jger, the field-name of the first and most basic of the Southern forces in the video and board game series Heavy Gear Jaegers, small steampunk-style attack bots used by Nemesis in City of Heroes & City of Villains Each of the "Invisible 9" units of the manga and anime series Pumpkin Scissors is nicknamed using "Jger"; the soldiers of the most prominent unit, 901 are known as Gespenst Jger The Bishop's Jaegers (1932), a comic novel by Thorne Smith Pilgrim Jger, a Japanese manga series Jaeger Corps in The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Jger Sucher, German for hunter searcher, clandestine government group of werewolf hunters in the Night Creature series by Lori Handeland Jaegers, a fictional type of giant robots used in the 2013 film Pacific Rim Eren Jger, protagonist in the Attack on Titan manga and anime

Other
Armi Jager, an Italian firearms manufacturer Eheim, a German company that makes aquarium heaters under the name Jger Hunter Jaegers, an Australian netball team Jaeger (automobile), an automobile built in Belleville, Michigan by the Jaeger Motor Car Company Jaeger (clothing), a United Kingdom clothing retailer Jaegers, an obsolete term for a union suit (or "woolly combinations") first popularised by the Jaeger clothing company and named after Gustav Jger Jaeger 70, a hybrid of two American species of grape Jaeger, a trademark owned by Magneti Marelli Jaeger-LeCoultre, a maker of watches Jager (plural Jagers), the Dutch word for hunter Jager, the name of the blue armor upgrade in the Zoids series Jager, an alternative name for Eger in Hungary Jgerschnitzel, a German dish of fried meat cutlets with mushroom gravy Jgermeister, a German liquor Jgerbomb, a cocktail consisting of one shot of Jgermeister dropped into a glass of an energy drink Jagertee, a drink made by mixing rum into black tea Kerberos Panzer Jger, a 2006 Japanese radio drama Rote Jger, a short-lived German military football club active during World War II Jger (or Jaeger), a release skill performed on the horizontal bar or uneven bars in gymnastics

See also
De Jager Yeager Jagger (disambiguation) Jgr (surname) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jger&oldid=596969742" Categories: Surnames German words and phrases German-language surnames Occupational surnames This page was last modified on 24 February 2014 at 20:53.
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