mijnenjager
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- mijnjager (rare)
Etymology edit
Compound of mijn + -en- + jagen + -er.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mijnenjager m (plural mijnenjagers)
- minehunter (warship that actively eliminates individual naval mines) [from early 20th c.]
Usage notes edit
- Mijnenjager seems to have been more frequently used as a synonym of mijnenveger (“minesweeper”) in the first half of the twentieth century; in more recent usage they are distinguished more sharply.