yonker

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English

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.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

yonker (plural yonkers)

  1. Obsolete spelling of younker.

References

  1. ^ Erik (2009 August 19) “Interactive Map: Dutch Place Names in New York | Dutch New York”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, Thirteen.org, retrieved September 16, 2011

Anagrams

Cornish

Noun

yonker m (plural yonkers or yonkoryon)

  1. (male) youth, youngster

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Middle English

Adjective

yonker

  1. Alternative form of yongere
  1. ^ Erik (2009 August 19) “Interactive Map: Dutch Place Names in New York | Dutch New York”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, Thirteen.org, retrieved September 16, 2011
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