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'Jonkheer' (Baronet) and 'Jonkvrouw,' Baron and Baroness, 'Graaf' (Earl) and 'Gravin.'
Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough
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"But I think Mr. van Buren told us that 'Jonkheer' was like our baronet; Jonkheer instead of 'Sir,' isn't it?"
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Karl Anderson 1901
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If and when he marries again his son will be Jonkheer after him.
The Fateful Bargain Neels, Betty 1989
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The Dutch called their settlement Younkers, Younckers, Jonkers or Yonkers, derived from Jonkheer, a common name for the male heir of
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I shall exclude those in the North, and mention Jonkheer van
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She said she had it on very _good authority_ that it was entirely a mistake about Jonkheer
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Karl Anderson 1901
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Jonkheer came and made me nice wishes, for fear he might be looking sad; and there _was_ a heavy sound in his voice, I thought.
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Karl Anderson 1901
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Then I said that of course it would hurt me, for I liked and admired the Jonkheer, and considered him my friend.
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Karl Anderson 1901
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The windows of little thatched cottages seemed to look straight into our cabin windows, like curiously glinting, wakeful eyes; and Jonkheer
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Karl Anderson 1901
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But the soldiers were not to be thrown off so easily, even by such a big man as Sir Alexander MacNairne, and Nell and I would have been in all the horrors of a fight -- a fight on our account, too -- if Jonkheer
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Karl Anderson 1901
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