yonker
See also: Yonker
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
- Rhymes: -ɒŋkə(ɹ)
Noun
yonker (plural yonkers)
- Obsolete spelling of younker
References
- Erik (August 19, 2009), “Interactive Map: Dutch Place Names in New York | Dutch New York”, in (please provide the title of the work), Thirteen.org, retrieved September 16, 2011
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Anagrams
- Orkney
Cornish
Noun
yonker m (plural yonkers or yonkoryon)
- (male) youth, youngster
Synonyms
- yowynkneth
Coordinate terms
- (gender): yonkores
Middle English
Adjective
yonker
- Alternative form of yongere
- Erik (August 19, 2009), “Interactive Map: Dutch Place Names in New York | Dutch New York”, in (please provide the title of the work), Thirteen.org, retrieved September 16, 2011