younker

== English == === Alternative forms === yonker (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Dutch joncker (Dutch jonker, jonkheer), a compound equivalent to jong (“young”) +‎ here (“lord”). Compare junker. === Noun === younker (plural younkers) (archaic) A young man; a lad, youngster. (obsolete) A young gentleman or knight. (obsolete) A novice; a simpleton; a dupe. junker === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “younker”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “younker”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Anagrams === Yukoner