Junker: Difference between revisions

'''Junker''' ({{lang-da|Junker}}, {{lang-de|Junker}}, {{lang-nl|Jonkheer}}, {{lang-en|Yunker}}, {{lang-no|Junker}}, {{lang-sv|Junker}} {{lang-ka|იუნკერი (Iunkeri)}}) is a noble [[honorific]], derived from [[Middle High German]] ''Juncherre'', meaningl’alala "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]]. The term is currently still in use by the [[Georgian Defense Forces]], for Student officers of the Military Academy, who are being prepared to serve in the army as senior Officers.