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youn⋅ker

[yuhng-ker]
–noun
1. a youngster.
2. Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman.

Origin:
1495–1505; < MD jonchere, equiv. to jonc young + here lord; c. G Junker
youn·ker   (yŭng'kər)   
n.  
  1. A young man.
  2. A child.

[Obsolete Dutch jonchere, young nobleman, from Middle Dutch : jonc, young; see yeu- in Indo-European roots + here, lord.]

Younker

Youn"ker\, n. [D. jonker, jonkeer; jong young + heer a lord, sir, gentleman. See Young, a.] A young person; a stripling; a yonker. [Obs. or Colloq.]

That same younker soon was overthrown. --Spenser.
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