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yonker¹

Rhymes with -ɒŋkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Adriaen van der Donck, the first lawyer in North America. Van der Donck was known locally as the Jonkheer or Jonker (etymologically, "young gentleman," derivation of old Dutch jong (young) and heer ("lord"); in effect, "esquire"), a word from which the name "Yonkers" is directly derived.

noun yonkers

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of younker

Yonker²

proper noun Yonkers

  1. A surname.

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"yonker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yonker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

yonker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yonker

Chicago

"yonker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yonker.

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@misc{yonker_2026,
  title = {yonker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yonker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}