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junker¹

  • /ˈjʊŋkə(ɹ)/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Junker, from Middle High German juncherre (“young lord; not yet knighted nobleman”). Compare younker.

noun junkers · Junker

  1. A young German noble or squire, especially a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia, stereotyped with narrow-minded militaristic and authoritarian attitudes. Professors of philosophy and science carrying high the patriotic banner of Kultur and culture gloried in the system of compulsory, universal, military service, first made in Germany exulted in the degrading, vicious process of training by which the individual is hypnotized into submission to a bruta

junker²

  • /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ʌŋkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From junk + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

noun junkers

  1. Canada, US, derogatory, informal A beat-up automobile.

    Similar: banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, gas guzzler, hooptie, jalopy, junker

  2. A person with an interest in disused or discarded objects. An ardent junker herself, Mrs. Egge tells how to conduct a fascinating junk safari into the attic or antique and secondhand shops and what to do with the trophies you bring home.
  3. slang Synonym of junkie (“drug addict”).

    Similar: junkie

Junker³

noun Junkers

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of junker

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@misc{junker_2026,
  title = {junker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/junker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}