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.

---

Etymology

Origin of Junkerdom

First recorded in 1865–70; Junker + -dom

Example Sentences

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

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

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 Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav

Junkerdom Felt it was foolish, for he towered above it, And so it hated him.

From Watchers of the Sky by Noyes, Alfred