younker
a youngster.
Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman.
Origin of younker
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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.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX | Alexander LeightonHe 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 CooperJabe, take that packing out from between the younkers teeth.
The Motor Boat Club in Florida | H. Irving HancockHe said, my papa said: ‘Suppose younkers we start a circus of our own?’
Dorothy on a House Boat | Evelyn RaymondHe 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
/ (ˈjʌŋkə) /
archaic, or literary a young man; lad
obsolete a young gentleman or knight
Origin of younker
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