yonker

See also: Yonker

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒŋkə(r)

Etymology

From Adriaen van der Donck, the first lawyer in North America. Van der Donck was known locally as the Jonkheer or Jonker (etymologically, "young gentleman," derivation of old Dutch jong (young) and heer ("lord"); in effect, "Esquire"), a word from which the name "Yonkers" is directly derived.

Noun

yonker (plural yonkers)

1. Obsolete spelling of younker.

Anagrams

• Orkney

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Middle English

Adjective

yonker

1. Alternative form of yongere

References

• “yong (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 June 2018.