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Origin of Yonkers Total Records: 1  Origin of Yonkers, Meaning of Yonkers Origin: Junker from Jung+Herr originally meaning young nobleman. The American Heritage dictionary states that Younker, as an English word, archaicly mean young nobleman. It is doubtful, however, that this was ever used as an English surname. Surnames: Junker, Younker, Yonker, Yonkers Submitted by: Brian Junker 10/7/2008 2:55 AM Page 1 of 1

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