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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024junk•er /ˈdʒʌŋkɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable][Informal.]- Automotive, Slang Termsa car that is old or in bad enough repair to be scrapped.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024junk•er ( jung′kər),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]- Automotive, Slang Termsa car that is old, worn out, or in bad enough repair to be scrapped.
- junk1 + -er1 1880–85, American., for an earlier sense
Jun•ker (yŏŏng′kər),USA pronunciation n. - World Historya member of a class of aristocratic landholders, esp. in East Prussia, strongly devoted to militarism and authoritarianism, from among whom the German military forces recruited a large number of its officers.
- World Historya young German, esp. Prussian, nobleman.
- World Historya German official or military officer who is narrow-minded, haughty, and overbearing.
- German; Old High German junchērro, equivalent. to junc young + hērro Herr
- 1545–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Junker /ˈjʊŋkə/ n - any of the aristocratic landowners of Prussia who were devoted to maintaining their identity and extensive social and political privileges
- an arrogant, narrow-minded, and tyrannical German army officer or official
- (formerly) a young German nobleman
Etymology: 16th Century: from German, from Old High German junchērro young lord, from junc young + hērro master, lordˈJunkerdom n |