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Line 14: Junker (or its Dutch cognate Jonkheer) was traditionally used as a noble honorific throughout the German-speaking and Dutch-speaking part of Europe. The title today survives in its traditional meaning in the Netherlands and Belgium in the Dutch form [[Jonkheer]]. The term was also used in several countries in the title ''Kammerjunker'', the German and Scandinavian (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish) equivalent of the French [[valet de chambre]], a position usually given to young noble men in the service of a princely rank person at the court. A Kammerjunker was ranked below a [[Chamberlain (office)\|chamberlain]], but above a chamber [[Page (~~occupation~~servant)\|page]]. Furthermore, the title has been used in military titles in the German and Scandinavian realm, such as [[Fahnenjunker]] and its Scandinavian equivalent [[fanejunker]]. In Denmark, the term Junker connotes a young lord, originally the son of a duke or count in the Middle Ages, but also a term for a member of the privileged landowner class. Before 1375 the honorific was also suitable for Danish royal sons. It was also used in the title ''Kammerjunker'' within the royal household.

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