jagger/ˈd͡ʒæɡə(ɹ)/EtymologyOccupational surname from Yorkshire, jagger (“peddler”). The modern given name use is partly after Mick Jagger.nameA surname originating as an occupation.A male given name transferred from the surname.nouncarrier, carterpeddler, hawker“The jagger, with those green, goggling, and gain-descrying kind of optics, which we have already described, continued gazing for an instant after the customer, who treated his wares with such irreverence.”A jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc.A toothed chisel.Synonym of jag (“thorn from a bush”).“I don't know if you've ever gotten close to a jagger bush, but those stickers can be pretty mean.”The offspring of a male jaguar and a female tiger.