younker

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Borrowed from Middle Dutch joncker (Dutch jonker, jonkheer), a compound equivalent to jong (“young”) + here (“lord”). Compare junker.

It was a gruff "Hands up, younker!" — Klondike Nuggets, and How Two Boys Secured Them, Edward Sylvester Ellis
Ah! the peace has come too soon for that younker. — Persuasion, Jane Austen
Then he said, "It's not respectful, sir, of you younkers to be imitating of your relations. — Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray

young person, youth, spring chicken

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