name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
younker
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CMU ARPABET: Y AH1 NG K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A young man; a lad, youngster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 3
A young gentleman or knight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
A novice; a simpleton; a dupe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
junker
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: young person, youth, spring chicken
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: juvenile, juvenile person
Narrower terms: blade, hobbledehoy, puppy, pup, schoolchild, school-age child, pupil, slip
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Dutch joncker (Dutch jonker, jonkheer), a compound equivalent to jong (“young”) + here (“lord”). Compare junker.