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junkerdom

junkerdom noun: the policies or attitudes of junkers (German aristocrats etc.).

Noun

junkerdom (uncountable)

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

Origin of junkerdom

From junker + -dom.

Questions about junkerdom

What does junkerdom mean?
Junkerdom means the policies or attitudes of junkers (German aristocrats etc.).
What part of speech is junkerdom?
Junkerdom is a noun.

Words near junkerdom in the dictionary

  1. junkdealers
  2. junkdrawer
  3. junkdrawers
  4. junked
  5. junker
  6. junkerdom
  7. junkerish
  8. junkerism
  9. junkers
  10. junket
  11. junketed

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