Younker
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A young man; a lad, youngster. archaic
"“Jim,” says he, “I reckon we’re fouled, you and me, and we’ll have to sign articles. I’d have had you but for that there lurch, but I don’t have no luck, not I; and I reckon I’ll have to strike, which comes hard, you see, for a master mariner to a ship’s younker like you, Jim.”"
- 2 a young person (especially a young man or boy) wordnet
- 3 A young gentleman or knight. obsolete
"So foorth they went, and both together giusted; But that same younker soone was overthrowne"
- 4 A novice; a simpleton; a dupe. obsolete
"Trimmed like a younker prancing to his love!"
- 5 junker
- 1 A surname.
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More examples"“Jim,” says he, “I reckon we’re fouled, you and me, and we’ll have to sign articles. I’d have had you but for that there lurch, but I don’t have no luck, not I; and I reckon I’ll have to strike, which comes hard, you see, for a master mariner to a ship’s younker like you, Jim.”"
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Dutch joncker (Dutch jonker, jonkheer), a compound equivalent to jong (“young”) + here (“lord”). Compare junker.
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