younker

[ yuhng-ker ]

noun

1. a youngster.
2. Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman.

younker

/ ˈjʌŋkə /

noun

1. archaic.
   a young man; lad
2. obsolete.
   a young gentleman or knight

Word History and Origins

Origin of younker¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of younker¹

C16: from Dutch jonker, from Middle Dutch jonc young

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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Do you remember the time, younker, when I gave the frigate my top-sails, in beating out of the Chesapeake?

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I was then a younker, and went out with the Delawares, because I know'd they were a scandalized and wronged race.

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"Well, I reckon every feller in town knew about that before the younker had been here half an hour," grinned the Warden.

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