junker

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Origin

• From German, a contraction of jung herr; compare English young and herre; also younker.
• From junk + -er.