Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - j'adoube

 foreign term  Etymology: French I adjust — used in chess when touching a piece without intending to move it JAEGER  noun  Etymology: German Jager  Date: 1809  1.  a. hunter, huntsman  b. one attending a person of rank or wealth and wearing hunter's costume  2. any of several large dark-colored birds (genus Stercorarius) of northern seas that are are related to the skva, are strong fliers, and tend to harass weaker birds until they drop or disgorge their prey