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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Shawn Younker, incarcerated in Pennsylvania, writes, “We might as well be rummaging the dusty old leftovers in some thrift store or back alley dumpster.”
From Slate • Sep. 17, 2024
“This bill basically tore the heart out of the diversion program,” Frank Younker, a former supervisor in the DEA’s Cincinnati field office who retired in 2014, told senators Tuesday.
From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2017
Frank Younker, a DEA supervisor in the Cincinnati field office and 30-year veteran of the agency, said the legal office began demanding more evidence from investigators.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2017
“It would take three months for a master carver to make one canoe working on it full-time. Now it takes three carvers nine months to make a dugout,” Younker said.
From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2016
"But say," returned Girty, who now seemed greatly moved by the manner and tone of Younker: "But say, old man, that you forgive me, and I will own that I did you wrong."
From Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life by Bennett, Emerson
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