younker

[yuhng-ker]

noun

a youngster.

Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman.

Nearby words

Origin of younker

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

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Examples from the Web for younker

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
If there be a bear to be baited at Kenilworth Green, who so sure to be there as this younker.
William Shakespeare as he lived.|Henry Curling
Wal, younker, if you've no 'bjection you can lay down and snooze till morning.
Two Boys in Wyoming|Edward S. Ellis
I may have undervalued the skill of the younker but, as to his years, there can be no great mistake.
The Red Rover|James Fenimore Cooper

There's something in your younker faceThat even ghosts should find disarming.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 31, 1892|Various

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

younker

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