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younker Definition

☆ youn·ker (yuŋ′kər)

noun

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

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

Browse dictionary entries near younker

  1. ‹ Youngstown
  2. ‹ youngster
  3. ‹ youngling
  4. ‹ youngish
  5. ‹ youngest
  6. ‹ Younger Edda
  7. ‹ younger
  8. ‹ youngberry
  9. ‹ youngberries
  10. ‹ Young Turk
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  9. youthful ›
  10. youthfully ›