younker

[ yuhng-ker ]

noun

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

younker

/ ˈjʌŋkə /

noun

1. archaic.
   a young man; lad
2. obsolete.
   a young gentleman or knight

Word History and Origins

Origin of younker¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of younker¹

C16: from Dutch jonker, from Middle Dutch jonc young

Example Sentences

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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