Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yonker

/jˈɑŋkɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yonker
IPA: /jˈɑŋkɚ/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of younker.

Obsolete

name

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.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

yonkers (plural)

Rhymes With

conquer wanker jonker conker plonker honker donker bonker zonker badonker

Questions

How do you pronounce yonker?: The recorded pronunciation is /jˈɑŋkɚ/.
What does yonker mean?: Obsolete spelling of younker.
Where does yonker come from?: 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.

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