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Junkerdom

American  
[yoong-ker-duhm] / ˈjʊŋ kər dəm /

noun

  1. the Junkers as a group.

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

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


Etymology

Origin of Junkerdom

First recorded in 1865–70; Junker + -dom

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

Not that I'd weep if Wilhelm had to go; But what if Holy Junkerdom should cop it?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 by Various

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