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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

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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

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

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

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