younker
Americannoun
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a youngster.
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Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman.
noun
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archaic a young man; lad
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obsolete a young gentleman or knight
Etymology
Origin of younker
1495–1505; < Middle Dutch jonchere, equivalent to jonc young + here lord; cognate with German Junker
Example Sentences
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There was a "younker," once under him in the yard, who, just because he could read and write French, was now a cashier, with six hundred florins' salary.
From That Boy Of Norcott's by Charles James Lever
If there be a bear to be baited at Kenilworth Green, who so sure to be there as this younker.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
"It is well," said the old man, "that the younker should look about him in the world; he may get shaken out of his day dreams."
From Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea Selected and Translated from Various Authors by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
Thet's all right, younker," said a gruff voice, "I'm the critter as owns thet ere hat; Phin Dady's my name.
From The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners by Herbert Carter
Nanna, clad in doublet and small-clothes, swung jauntily along, one hand on dagger-hilt and careless challenge in her snapping, black eyes, the picture of a swaggering younker.
From The Doomsman by Van Tassel Sutphen
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