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noun
- 1. an old car in poor condition: informal North American "a gas-guzzling polluting junker"
- 2. a drug addict: informal, dated North American "junkers on the porches cussin' out everyone who walks by"
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The meaning of JUNKER is something (such as an automobile) of such age and condition as to be ready for scrapping. How to use junker in a sentence.
noun. a member of a class of aristocratic landholders, especially in East Prussia, strongly devoted to militarism and authoritarianism, from among whom the German military forces recruited a large number of its officers. a young German, especially Prussian, nobleman.
Junker in British English. (ˈjʊŋkə ) noun. 1. history. any of the aristocratic landowners of Prussia who were devoted to maintaining their identity and extensive social and political privileges. 2. an arrogant, narrow-minded, and tyrannical German army officer or official. 3. (formerly) a young German nobleman.
Definition of junker noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Filter. noun. An old, dilapidated car or truck. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A member of the privileged, militaristic landowning class in Germany; Prussian aristocrat. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A German military officer, esp. one who is autocratic, illiberal, etc. Webster's New World. A beat-up automobile.
Junker (Danish: Junker, German: Junker, Dutch: Jonkheer, English: Yunker, Norwegian: Junker, Swedish: Junker, Georgian: იუნკერი, Iunkeri) is a noble honorific, derived from Middle High German Juncherre, meaning 'young nobleman' or otherwise 'young lord' (derivation of jung and Herr).
Junker can mean a member of the Prussian aristocracy, a German army officer, or an old car in poor condition. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of this word from various sources.
