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younker

(yuŋ′kər)

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noun

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

A young man.
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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