younker

[ yuhng-ker ]

noun
  1. a youngster.

  2. Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman.

Origin of younker

1
1495–1505; <Middle Dutch jonchere, equivalent to joncyoung + here lord; cognate with German Junker

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How to use younker in a sentence

  • A couple of younkers flew up the rigging of each smack, with the agility of monkeys, to execute the order.

  • He made a diagram of the language, and had it taught to all us younkers who were exposed to the accidents of the bea.

    Homeward Bound | James Fenimore Cooper
  • Jabe, take that packing out from between the younkers teeth.

    The Motor Boat Club in Florida | H. Irving Hancock
  • He said, my papa said: ‘Suppose younkers we start a circus of our own?’

    Dorothy on a House Boat | Evelyn Raymond
  • He enjoyed the jokes and stories of the younkers, and the satiric slang and imperturbable good-humour of their host.

    Guy Deverell, v. 1 of 2 | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

British Dictionary definitions for younker

younker

/ (ˈjʌŋkə) /


noun
  1. archaic, or literary a young man; lad

  2. obsolete a young gentleman or knight

Origin of younker

1
C16: from Dutch jonker, from Middle Dutch jonc young

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