Junkerdom

American  

[yoong-ker-duhm] / ˈyʊŋ kər dəm /

noun

1. the Junkers Junkers as a group.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the condition or character of a Junker.

3. (sometimes lowercase) the spirit or policy of the Junkers; Junkers; Junkerism.

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Etymology

Origin of Junkerdom

First recorded in 1865–70; Junker + -dom

Example Sentences

Whatever the explanation, it must be counted a triumph for German junkerdom and a consoling token to that eminent traitor Herr Houston Chamberlain that he is not altogether without spiritual affinities in the land of his birth.

From Project Gutenberg

"War reduces us all to a common level of savagery and vulgarity," he writes to a colleague, "but at least we can shew how foolish the whole business is even from the point of view of British and German Junkerdom."

From Time Magazine Archive

Von Braun's origins had deep earthly roots in Prussian Junkerdom.

From Time Magazine Archive

To his Allied captors at N�rnberg, the Field Marshal seemed to be the essence of all that was evil in Junkerdom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, up to the year 1618, the nation was in a fair way to overcome the egotistical Junkerdom of the Middle Ages, and of putting down pretensions which had become incompatible with the new life.

From Project Gutenberg