"junior" Definition

Definitions for the word "junior" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Less advanced in age than another; younger.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; as, the junior class; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See Junior, n., 2.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A younger person.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. adj.
1 (often foll. By to) inferior in age, standing, or position. 2 the younger (esp. Appended to the name of a son for distinction from his father). 3 of the lower or lowest position (junior partner). 4 (of a school) for younger pupils, usu. Aged 7–11. n. 1 junior person. 2 person at the lowest level (in an office etc.). [latin, comparative of juvenis young]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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