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Younger

//ˈjʌŋɡə// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
comparative form of young: more young comparative, form-of
"Our neighbors' son is younger than our daughter."

Adjective

1
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
One who is younger than another.
"Hugh and Charlie also played fairly well, so perhaps it was not wonderful that James, who had always regarded cricket as a childish waste of time, felt rather at a loss, and did not care to display his inferiority to his youngers."

Etymology

* An English (mainly Northumberland and eastern Scotland) surname from Middle English yungre (“younger”), used to distinguish younger and older men with the same name. * In at least one case (of an immigrant Fleming), probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer (“young nobleman”). * Americanized form of cognate or like-sounding names, notably German Junger, Junker and Dutch Jonker.

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