younker
Americannoun
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a youngster.
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Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman.
noun
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archaic a young man; lad
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obsolete a young gentleman or knight
Etymology
Origin of younker
1495–1505; < Middle Dutch jonchere, equivalent to jonc young + here lord; cognate with German Junker
Example Sentences
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"But this younker has made an infernal confusion."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various
Sure," replied Nate; "and yuh dun it ther neatest I ever knowed, younker.
From The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners by Carter, Herbert
"Yas, they've gone for that little younker," added Dick Morris, after the discussion had been continued for some time.
From Through Apache Lands by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
So, thet's it, younker, is it?" he said; "wall, I'm right glad ye c'd 'xplain ther thing right off'n the reel.
From The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners by Carter, Herbert
If there be a bear to be baited at Kenilworth Green, who so sure to be there as this younker.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry
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