younker
See also: Younker
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete): yonker
Etymology
From Middle Dutch joncker (Dutch jonker, jonkheer), a compound equivalent to jong (“young”) + here (“lord”). Compare junker.
Noun
younker (plural younkers)
References
- younker in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “younker”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
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