younker

American  

[yuhng-ker] / ˈyʌŋ kər /

noun

1. a youngster.

2. Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman.

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younker British  

/ ˈjʌŋkə /

noun

1. archaic a young man; lad

2. obsolete a young gentleman or knight

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Etymology

Origin of younker

1495–1505; < Middle Dutch jonchere, equivalent to jonc young + here lord; cognate with German Junker

Example Sentences

Without letting the younker know, I'll go bring him here, and smuggle both father and son into a joyful meeting.

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Why," said Keller, "one o' those younkers told her you meant to burn the ship and sell her to the Turks.

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The hostess comprehended something of what was said, and she laughingly shrugged her plump shoulders and pointed to her two “younkers” who were as fat and rosy as Baldwin apples.

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A couple of younkers flew up the rigging of each smack, with the agility of monkeys, to execute the order.

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Then, however, this half-grown younker had begun to show his indignation, to slam the doors, and run up and down in the highest dudgeon.

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