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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Don't try no monkey business with us, younker!
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One of them nearly killed me once when I was a younker, now near twenty years ago, just for being a little over-civil to one of their women.
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Without letting the younker know, I'll go bring him here, and smuggle both father and son into a joyful meeting.
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Why," said Keller, "one o' those younkers told her you meant to burn the ship and sell her to the Turks.
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The hostess comprehended something of what was said, and she laughingly shrugged her plump shoulders and pointed to her two “younkers” who were as fat and rosy as Baldwin apples.
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