junker
Meanings
Plural: junkers
Noun
- member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism
- A young German noble or squire, especially a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia, stereotyped with narrow-minded militaristic and authoritarian attitudes.
- A beat-up automobile.
- A person with an interest in disused or discarded objects.
- Synonym of junkie (“drug addict”).
Origin / 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, junkie, lemon, old banger, rattletrap, rustbucket, shed, shitbox, shitbucket, shitcan, shitpot, tin Lizzie, wreck
Scrabble Score: 17
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