junkerdom

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noun

The policies or attitudes of junkers (German aristocrats etc.).

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Meanings

nounjunkerdom (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe policies or attitudes of junkers (German aristocrats etc.).

    But junkerdom in Germany alone among the nations of the earth rests on the divine right of kings that is the last resort of privilege.

    1918, William Allen White, The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
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    Our only hope of a lasting peace is so to act now, and in the hour of victory, that junkerdom may seem to all German peoples a discreditable thing.

    1915, The Cambridge Magazine, volume 5, page 342

Origin

From junker + -dom.

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APA

junkerdom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junkerdom

MLA

“junkerdom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junkerdom. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “junkerdom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junkerdom.

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