Junkers
[yoo ng-kuh rs] /ˈyʊŋ kərs/
noun
1.
Hugo
[hoo-gaw] /ˈhu gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1935, German aircraft designer and builder.
[juhng-ker] /ˈdʒʌŋ kər/
noun, Slang.
1.
a car that is old, worn out, or in bad enough repair to be scrapped.
[yoo ng-ker] /ˈyʊŋ kər/
noun
1.
a member of a class of aristocratic landholders, especially in East Prussia, strongly devoted to militarism and authoritarianism, from among whom the German military forces recruited a large number of its officers.
2.
a young German, especially Prussian, nobleman.
3.
a German official or military officer who is narrow-minded, haughty, and overbearing.
/ˈjʊŋkəz/
noun
1.
Hugo. 1859–1935, German aircraft designer. His military aircraft were used in both World Wars
/ˈjʊŋkə/
noun
1.
(history) any of the aristocratic landowners of Prussia who were devoted to maintaining their identity and extensive social and political privileges
2.
an arrogant, narrow-minded, and tyrannical German army officer or official
3.
(formerly) a young German nobleman
n.
“young German noble,” 1550s, from German Junker, from Old High German juncherro, literally “young lord,” from junc “young” (see young) + herro “lord” (see Herr). Pejorative sense of “reactionary younger member of the Prussian aristocracy” (1865) dates from Bismarck’s domestic policy.
noun
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