younker

youn·ker

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [yuhng-ker]
- /ˈyʌŋ kər/
- /ˈjəŋkə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [yuhng-ker]
- /ˈyʌŋ kər/

Definitions of younker word

noun younker a youngster. 1
noun younker Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman. 1
noun younker a young man; lad 0
noun younker a young gentleman or knight 0
noun younker a young nobleman or gentleman 0
noun younker in 18th-cent. America, a man of property 0

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Origin of younker

First appearance:

before 1495

One of the 26% oldest English words

1495-1505; < Middle Dutch jonchere, equivalent to jonc young + here lord; cognate with German Junker

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Parts of speech for Younker

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Younker

younker popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".