younker

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Borrowed from Middle Dutch joncker (Dutch jonker, jonkheer), a compound equivalent to jong (“young”) + here (“lord”). Compare junker.

noun younkers · yonker

archaic A young man; a lad, youngster. “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.”
obsolete A young gentleman or knight. So foorth they went, and both together giusted; But that same younker soone was overthrowne
obsolete A novice; a simpleton; a dupe. Trimmed like a younker prancing to his love!
junker

Younker^²

proper noun Younkers

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@misc{younker_2026,
  title = {younker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/younker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}