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German translation: Handgeldjäger (Stellvertretungsschwindler)

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English term or phrase:	bounty jumper
German translation:	Handgeldjäger (Stellvertretungsschwindler)
Entered by:	Klaus Urban

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20:17 Jan 11, 2009

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English term or phrase: bounty jumper

In Wikipedia, English, heißt es heute:
"that a ***bounty jumper***, Adam Worth (pictured), became the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional villain Professor Moriarty?"
Was ist damit gemeint? (Habe in Wikipedia einiges gefunden, kann mir aber keinen Reim darauf machen).

Klaus Urban KudoZ activity Questions: 1439 (10 open) (1 without valid answers) (26 closed without grading) Answers: 945
Local time: 03:24

Handgeldjäger

Explanation:
Handgeldjäger/Prämienjäger

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Note added at 28 Min. (2009-01-11 20:46:09 GMT)
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http://books.google.de/books?id=C9vquF26FbMC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA3...

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Katja Schoone
Germany
Local time: 03:24

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Danke, an alle!
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Handgeldjäger

Katja Schoone

Kopfgeldjäger

Goldcoaster

"Bounty Jumper" (Stellvertretungsschwindler)

Marga Shaw

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Bounty Jumper

mary austria

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Handgeldjäger

Katja Schoone
Germany
Local time: 03:24
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 8

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Danke, an alle!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Danke, Katja!

12 hrs confidence:

Kopfgeldjäger

Explanation:
ist der erste Begriff der mir eingefallen und m.E. auch der gängigigste ist was mir das Wörterbuch bestätigt:
http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?lang=en&service=en-de&o...

Goldcoaster
Switzerland
Local time: 03:24
Native speaker of:

English,

German

Notes to answerer

Asker: Danke!

13 hrs confidence:

"Bounty Jumper" (Stellvertretungsschwindler)

Explanation:
Habe Folgendes gefunden: W. Kaufmann, Die Deutschen im amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg, Druck und Verlag von R. Oldenbourg 1911

»Bounty Jumpers« waren Stellvertretungsschwindler, Leute, welche als Stellvertreter für zahlungsfähige Konskribierte eingetreten waren, sobald als möglich desertierten, neues Handgeld nahmen und in andere Regimenter eintraten, um bald den Schwindel zu wiederholen.
(www.archive.org/stream/diedeutschen00kaufrich/diedeutschen0...

Definitions: "bounty jumper" - a person who enlists for a cash bounty and then deserts and re-enlists elsewhere".
"bounty hunter" - someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered".
Ich glaube nicht, dass "bounty jumpers" und "bounty hunters" als Begriffe gleichzusetzen sind.

Marga Shaw
Local time: 02:24
Native speaker of:

German

Notes to answerer

Asker: Danke, Marga!

Reference comments

12 hrs peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: Bounty Jumper

Reference information:
Webster's New World Dictionary:
bounty jumper: in the U.S. Civil War, a man who accepted the cash bounty offered for enlisting and then deserted.

mary austria
Austria
Native speaker of:

English

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Jan 12, 2009 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
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