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younger

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈjʌŋɡə/ / /ˈjʌŋɡɚ/

adj

  1. Synonym of junior.

name

Etymology: * An English (mainly Northumberland and eastern Scotland) surname from Middle English yungre (“younger”), used to distinguish younger and older men with the same name. * In at least one case (of an immigrant Fleming), probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer (“young nobleman”). * Americanized form of cognate or like-sounding names, notably German Junger, Junker and Dutch Jonker.

  1. A surname.

noun

  1. One who is younger than another.

    Hugh and Charlie also played fairly well, so perhaps it was not wonderful that James, who had always regarded cricket as a childish waste of time, felt rather at a loss, and did not care to display his inferiority to his youngers.

    Youngers did not like olders to be mean and bossy.