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–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; junk1 + -er1]
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–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 junchérro, equiv. to junc young + hérro Herr]
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n.   Slang
A car or truck that is old and in poor repair.

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Jun·ker    Audio Help   (yŏŏng'kər)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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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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junker

noun
member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism 

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Junker

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