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yanker

English

Etymology

yank +? -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?jæ?k?/
  • Rhymes: -æ?k?(r)

Noun

yanker (plural yankers)

  1. Someone who yanks, or gives a sudden hard pull
  2. (Scotland) A brazen lie
  3. Someone who pranks someone, who yanks chains, such as with crank calls.

Synonyms

  • puller

See also

  • yankee
  • pull someone's chain

Anagrams

  • Kearny

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yonker

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??k?(r)

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.

Noun

yonker (plural yonkers)

  1. Obsolete spelling of younker

References

Anagrams

  • Orkney

Cornish

Noun

yonker m (plural yonkers or yonkoryon)

  1. (male) youth, youngster

Coordinate terms

  • (gender): yonkores

Synonyms

  • yowynkneth

Middle English

Adjective

yonker

  1. Alternative form of yongere

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