younker

noun

1. A young man; a lad, youngster.

   archaic

   “Jim,” says he, “I reckon we’re fouled, you and me, and we’ll have to sign articles. I’d have had you but for that there lurch, but I don’t have no luck, not I; and I reckon I’ll have to strike, which comes hard, you see, for a master mariner to a ship’s younker like you, Jim.”

2. A young gentleman or knight.

   obsolete

   But that same younker soone was overthrowne

   So foorth they went, and both together giusted;

3. A novice; a simpleton; a dupe.

   obsolete

   Trimmed like a younker prancing to his love!

4. junker

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry younker (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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