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Jun⋅ker⋅dom

  [yoong-ker-duhm]
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–noun
1. the Junkers as a group.
2. (sometimes lowercase) the condition or character of a Junker.
3. (sometimes lowercase) the spirit or policy of the Junkers; Junkerism.
Origin:
1865–70; Junker + -dom
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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.
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