younker

[ yuhng-ker ]

/ ˈyʌŋ kər /

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noun

a youngster.

Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman.

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Origin of younker

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

Words nearby younker

youngster, Youngstown, young thing, Young Turk, young'un, younker, your, Yourcenar, you're, you're telling me, you're welcome

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How to use younker in a sentence

Sit down by the fire, younker, and rest yourself; for youll have to go out with us again to-night, though not very far off.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
I've said that if he produces the younker, and we find he hain't been harmed, why we'll call it a joke and drop the whole thing.
Two Boys in Wyoming|Edward S. Ellis
Do you remember the time, younker, when I gave the frigate my top-sails, in beating out of the Chesapeake?
The Pilot|J. Fenimore Cooper
I was then a younker, and went out with the Delawares, because I know'd they were a scandalized and wronged race.
The Last of the Mohicans|James Fenimore Cooper

"Well, I reckon every feller in town knew about that before the younker had been here half an hour," grinned the Warden.
The Pony Rider Boys in New England|Frank Gee Patchin

British Dictionary definitions for younker

younker

/ (ˈjʌŋkə) /

noun

archaic, or literary a young man; lad

obsolete a young gentleman or knight

Word Origin for younker

C16: from Dutch jonker, from Middle Dutch jonc young

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