younker

[yuhng-ker]

noun

a youngster.

Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman.

Origin of younker

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

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Historical Examples of younker

Wal, younker, if you've no 'bjection you can lay down and snooze till morning.
Two Boys in Wyoming
Edward S. Ellis
How can we know he'll give up the younker after he gits the money?
Two Boys in Wyoming
Edward S. Ellis
The younker has been here, but what the mischief has become of him?
Two Boys in Wyoming
Edward S. Ellis
One squint, Burton, just to see what sort of a younker he may be.
Ben Burton
W. H. G. Kingston
That younker with the badge on his shoulder; the un I chased in.
The Young Lieutenant
Oliver Optic

British Dictionary definitions for younker

younker

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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Word Origin and History for younker

c.1500, "young nobleman," from Middle Dutch jonckher (Dutch jonker), from jonc "young" + here "lord, master." Cf. junker.