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junker - 7 dictionary results

junk⋅er

[juhng-ker]
–noun Slang.
a car that is old, worn out, or in bad enough repair to be scrapped.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism, for an earlier sense; junk 1 + -er 1

Jun⋅ker

[yoong-ker]
–noun
1. a member of a class of aristocratic landholders, esp. in East Prussia, strongly devoted to militarism and authoritarianism, from among whom the German military forces recruited a large number of its officers.
2. a young German, esp. Prussian, nobleman.
3. a German official or military officer who is narrow-minded, haughty, and overbearing.

Origin:
1545–55; < G; OHG junchērro, equiv. to junc young + hērro Herr

junk

1[juhngk]
–noun
1. any old or discarded material, as metal, paper, or rags.
2. anything that is regarded as worthless, meaningless, or contemptible; trash.
3. old cable or cordage used when untwisted for making gaskets, swabs, oakum, etc.
4. Nautical Slang. salt junk.
5. Baseball Slang. relatively slow, unorthodox pitches that are deceptive to the batter in movement or pace, as knuckleballs or forkballs.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cast aside as junk; discard as no longer of use; scrap.
–adjective
7. cheap, worthless, unwanted, or trashy.

Origin:
1480–90; earlier jonke, of uncert. orig.


1, 2. rubbish, litter, debris, refuse.
junker   (jŭng'kər)   
n.   Slang
A car or truck that is old and in poor repair.
Jun·ker   (yŏŏng'kər)   
n.  A member of the Prussian landed aristocracy, a class formerly associated with political reaction and militarism.

[German, from Middle High German junchērre, page, squire, from Old High German junchērro : junc, young; see yeu- in Indo-European roots + hērro, lord; see Herr.]
Jun'ker·dom n.

Junker

Jun"ker\, n. [G. Cf. Yonker.] A young German noble or squire; esp., a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia.

junker 
"young Ger. noble," 1554, from Ger., from O.H.G. juncherro, lit. "young lord," from junc "young" + herro "lord." Pejorative sense of "reactionary younger member of the Prussian aristocracy" (1865) dates from Bismarck's domestic policy.
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