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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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