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Meaning of YOUNKER

Pronunciation:  'yungkur

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 Definition: [n]  a young person (especially a young man or boy)
 
 Synonyms: spring chicken, young person, youth
 
 See Also: blade, hobbledehoy, juvenile, juvenile person, pup, puppy, slip

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Youn"ker\, n. [D. jonker, jonkeer; jong young + heer a
lord, sir, gentleman. See {Young}, a.]
A young person; a stripling; a yonker. [Obs. or Colloq.]

      That same younker soon was overthrown.   --Spenser.

 

 

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