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sager | yager |

As an adjective sager

is (sage).

As a noun yager is

(us|obsolete) a heavy, muzzle-loading hunting rifle.

sager

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (sage)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    sage

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sage (11th century), from . The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Wise.
  • * Shakespeare
    • All you sage counsellors, hence!
  • * Milton
    • commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
  • (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
  • * Milton
    • [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
    Synonyms
    * sagacious

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
  • * 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press (1973), ยง 34:
    • We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage .
    Synonyms
    * deep thinker, egghead, intellectual, pundit
    Derived terms
    * sagely * sageness * sage on the stage * Seven Sages
    Related terms
    * sagacious * sagacity

    See also

    * rishi * maharishi

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sauge, from (etyl) salvia, from , see safe .

    Noun

    (-)
  • The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
    • Synonyms
    * (herb) ramona
    Derived terms
    * sagebush * Sage Derby * sage dog * sage green * sage grouse * sage tea * sage thrasher * wood sage
    See also
    * salvia

    External links

    * (Salvia officinalis) *

    Etymology 3

    .

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (Internet slang)

    • Verb

    (sag)
  • (Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply

    • Usage notes

    * This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems one's own post to be of little value.

    Anagrams

    * English 4chan slang English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    yager

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, obsolete) A heavy, muzzle-loading hunting rifle
  • *{{quote-book, year=1857, author=Mayne Reid, title=The War Trail, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=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. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1874, author=Mayne Reid, title=The Death Shot, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Many present identify it as the yager usually carried by Clancy. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1879, author=William F. Cody, title=The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=We were each armed with a Mississippi yager and two Colt's revolvers. }}
  • A , an elite soldier of the Austrian army
  • *{{quote-book, year=1863, author=Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle, title=Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Most of the officers were dressed in
  • *{{quote-book, year=1901, author=Maurus Jokai, title=Manasseh, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=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. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1926, author=John Marshall, title=The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 (of 5), chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Three days after this affair, Colonel Richard Butler, with a detachment of infantry, assisted by Major Lee with a part of his cavalry, fell in with a small party of chasseurs and yagers' under Captain Donop, which he instantly charged, and, without the loss of a man, killed ten on the spot, and took the officer commanding the chasseur, and eighteen of the ' yagers , prisoners. }}

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