Etymology
Origin of Junkerdom
Example Sentences
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Von Braun's origins had deep earthly roots in Prussian Junkerdom.
From Time Magazine Archive
Were ever words more true when applied to the narrow bureaucracy and swaggering Junkerdom of Prussia, the most artificial and ossified sham that ever our days have seen?
From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various
Junkerdom Felt it was foolish, for he towered above it, And so it hated him.
From Watchers of the Sky by Noyes, Alfred
Were there not great estates bestowed upon him In wisdom's name, that from the dawn of time Had been the natural right of Junkerdom?
From Watchers of the Sky by Noyes, Alfred
He took pride in belonging to the most feudal aristocracy of western Europe, the Prussian Junkerdom; yet he did more to uproot feudal privileges than any other German statesman since 1848.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno
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