English Explanatory Dictionary

junker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A young German noble or squire, especially a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia, stereotyped with narrow-minded militaristic and authoritarian attitudes.
noun
  1. A beat-up automobile.
  2. A person with an interest in disused or discarded objects.
  3. Synonym of junkie (“drug addict”).
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of junker.

Pronunciation

/ˈjʊŋkə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-junker1.wav /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-junker2.wav

Word forms

junker junkers

Etymology

Borrowed from German Junker, from Middle High German juncherre (“young lord; not yet knighted nobleman”). Compare younker.

Synonyms

banger beater bucket of bolts bucket of rust clunker crate crock flivver hooptie jalopy junker lemon old banger rattletrap rustbucket shed shitbox shitpot shitcan shitbucket tin Lizzie wreck junkie

Derived words

junkerdom junkerish junkerism
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