younker

(yuŋkər)

noun

    1. Obsolete a young nobleman or gentleman
    2. ☆ in 18th-cent. America, a man of property
  1. Now Rare a youngster

Origin: Du jonker < jong, young + heer, lord, gentleman; akin to Ger junker, Junker

See younker in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A young man.
  2. A child.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete Dutch jonchere, young nobleman

Origin: , from Middle Dutch

Origin: : jonc, young; see yeu- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + here, lord

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