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JUNKER
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• JUNKER (noun)
The noun JUNKER has 1 sense:
1. member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism
Familiarity information: JUNKER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Junker" is a kind of...):
Prussian (a German inhabitant of Prussia)
Context examples
I assure you that our most pan-Germanic Junker is a sucking dove in his feelings towards England as compared with a real bitter Irish-American.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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