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

Shawn Younker, incarcerated in Pennsylvania, writes, “We might as well be rummaging the dusty old leftovers in some thrift store or back alley dumpster.”

From Slate

Gone are cobblers who worked by the former St. Joseph Hospital, in the Riverside neighborhood, along 21st Street, in the downtown Younker’s building basement and in South Sioux City.

From Washington Times

In Green Bay, Foxconn Technology Group has purchased a six-story office building along the Fox River that once housed a Younker’s Department Store.

From Washington Times

“This bill basically tore the heart out of the diversion program,” Frank Younker, a former supervisor in the DEA’s Cincinnati field office who retired in 2014, told senators Tuesday.

From Washington Post

Younker and the other two speakers at Tuesday’s session were quoted in the Post and “60 Minutes” reports.

From Washington Post