˜yÐÄvlog

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younker

[ yuhng-ker ]

noun

  1. a youngster.
  2. Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman.


younker

/ ˈÂáʌŋ°ìÉ™ /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a young man; lad
  2. obsolete.
    a young gentleman or knight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of younker1

1495–1505; < Middle Dutch jonchere, equivalent to jonc young + here lord; cognate with German Junker
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of younker1

C16: from Dutch jonker, from Middle Dutch jonc young
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Example Sentences

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Don't try no monkey business with us, younker!

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One of them nearly killed me once when I was a younker, now near twenty years ago, just for being a little over-civil to one of their women.

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Without letting the younker know, I'll go bring him here, and smuggle both father and son into a joyful meeting.

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Why," said Keller, "one o' those younkers told her you meant to burn the ship and sell her to the Turks.

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The hostess comprehended something of what was said, and she laughingly shrugged her plump shoulders and pointed to her two “younkers†who were as fat and rosy as Baldwin apples.

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