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{{About|the noble honorific|the informal term for the noble class in modern Prussian history|Junker (Prussia)|other uses|Junker (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil und Barbara zum Luft Wandbehang.jpg|thumb|The renaissance humanist [[Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil]], of the Swiss [[Meyer zum Pfeil]] family, held the honorific ''Junker'']]
'''Junker''' ({{lang-de|Junker}}, [[Scandinavian languages|Scandinavian]]: ''Junker'', {{lang-nl|Jonkheer}}, {{lang-en|Yunker}}) is a noble [[honorific]], derived from [[Middle High German]] ''Juncherre'', meaning "young nobleman"<ref name="DDN1">[[Duden]]; Meaning of Junker, in German. [http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Junker]</ref> or otherwise "young lord" (derivation of ''jung'' and ''Herr''). The term is traditionally used throughout the German-speaking, Dutch-speaking and Scandinavian-speaking parts of Europe. It also was used in the [[Russian Empire]] due to [[Baltic German]] influence, up until the [[Russian Revolution]].
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