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
Junkerdom Felt it was foolish, for he towered above it, And so it hated him.
From Watchers of the Sky by Alfred Noyes
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 Kuno Francke
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 Alfred Noyes
Whigs and Tories were terms which once also had a very mean signification; and be assured, gentlemen, that we shall on our part bring Junkerdom to be regarded with honor and respect.”
From Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck by John Hubert Greusel
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