junker

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

Origin of junker

1
1880–85, Americanism, for an earlier sense; junk1 + -er1

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Junker
[ yoong-ker ]

noun
  1. a member of a class of aristocratic landholders, especially 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, especially Prussian, nobleman.

  1. a German official or military officer who is narrow-minded, haughty, and overbearing.

Origin of Junker

2
1545–55; <German; Old High German junchērro, equivalent to juncyoung + hērroHerr

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Junker

/ (ˈjʊŋkə) /


noun
  1. history any of the aristocratic landowners of Prussia who were devoted to maintaining their identity and extensive social and political privileges

  2. an arrogant, narrow-minded, and tyrannical German army officer or official

  1. (formerly) a young German nobleman

Origin of Junker

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C16: from German, from Old High German junchērro young lord, from junc young + hērro master, lord

Derived forms of Junker

  • Junkerdom, noun
  • Junkerism, noun

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