What does younker mean?

Definitions for younker
ˈyʌŋ kəryounker

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. young person, youth, younker, spring chickennoun

    a young person (especially a young man or boy)

Wiktionary

  1. younkernoun

    a young man; a lad, youngster

  2. younkernoun

    a young gentleman or knight

  3. younkernoun

    a novice; a simpleton; a dupe

  4. younkernoun

    junker

  5. Etymology: From joncker (Dutch jonker, jonkheer), a compound equivalent to jong + here. Compare junker.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Youngster, Younker

    A young person. In contempt.

    Etymology: from young.

    How like a younker or a prodigal
    The skarfed bark parts from her native bay,
    Hugg’d and embraced by the strumpet wind. William Shakespeare.

    What, will you make a younker of me? shall I not take mine ease in mine inn, but I shall so have my pocket pick’d. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

    See how the morning opes her golden gates,
    And takes her farewel of the glorious sun:
    How well resembles it the prime of youth,
    Trimm’d like a yonker prancing to his love. William Shakespeare.

    Fame tells, by age fame reverend grown,
    That Phœbus gave his chariot to his son;
    And whilst the youngster from the path declines,
    Admiring the strange beauty of the signs,
    Proud of his charge, he drove the fiery horse,
    And would outdo his father in his course. Thomas Creech.

    The youngster, who at nine and three,
    Drinks with his sisters milk and tea,
    From breakfast reads till twelve o’clock,
    Burnet and Heylin, Hobbes and Locke. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPT

  1. younker

    A younker is an old-fashioned term used to refer to a young person, often a young man or boy. It could also refer to a junior member of a group or class. The term carries a connotation of youth and inexperience. It was commonly used in the literary works of the 19th century and earlier, but has since fallen out of popular use.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Younkeradjective

    a young person; a stripling; a yonker

  2. Etymology: [D. jonker, jonkeer; jong young + heer a lord, sir, gentleman. See Young, a.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Younker

    yung′kėr, n. a young person: (Shak.) a simpleton: (Spens.) a young gentleman or knight. [Old Dut. joncker (Dut. jonker), from jonk-heer, 'young master' or 'lord;' Ger. junker.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. YOUNKER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Younker is ranked #14755 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Younker surname appeared 2,013 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Younker.

    93.5% or 1,884 total occurrences were White.
    2.2% or 46 total occurrences were Black.
    1.8% or 37 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.6% or 13 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.6% or 12 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of younker in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of younker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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