younker

Meaning

  1. A young man; a lad, youngster.
  2. (obsolete) A young gentleman or knight.
  3. (obsolete) A novice; a simpleton; a dupe.
  4. junker

Synonyms

youngster
C2
youth
B1
young
A1

young person

boy
A1
👦
kid
A1
🧒
spring chicken
child
A1
🧒
kiddy
34k
moppet
nascent
offspring
C2
pupil
C1
schoolchild
small
A1
stopple
stripling
teenager
C1
toddler
C2
whippersnapper
yearling
baba
C1
adolescent
C2
children
A1
baby
A1
👶
bambino
36k
booby
C2
girl
A1
👧
greenhorn
36k
juvenile
C1
kiddie
C2
Translations

jeune

παιδί

νεαρός κύριος

joven
jove

νεανίσκος

xaval
👦
marrec
فتى
Jüngling
Kind
🧒

Youngster

Jungspund
Kid
🧒
Jugendlicher
Etymology

Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
jonker
In summary

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

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