Definitions For Yonker

Noun

YONKER (plural YONKERs) {{obsolete spelling of, en, younker}}

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.{{cite web, author=Erik, url=http://www.thirteen.org/dutchny/interactives/dutch-place-names-in-new-york-city/6/ , title=Interactive Map: Dutch Place Names in New York | Dutch New York , publisher=Thirteen.org , date=August 19, 2009 , accessdate=September 16, 2011}}