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Webster 1913 Edition
Junior
Jun′ior
(jūn′yẽr; 277)
, Adj.
☞ Junior is applied to distinguish the younger of two persons bearing the same name in the same family, and is opposed to
senior or elder
. Commonly applied to a son who has the same Christian name as his father. 2.
Lower in standing or in rank, or having entered later into a position or office;
as, a
junior
partner; junior
counsel; junior
captain; the junior
Senator from New York.3.
Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; , 2.
as, the
; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See junior
class; the junior
baseball leagueJunior
, Noun.
4.
Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
Our first studies and
junior
endeavors. Sir T. Browne.
Jun′ior
,Noun.
1.
A younger person.
His
junior
she, by thirty years. Byron.
2.
Hence:
One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges and four-year high schools, 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. Webster 1828 Edition
Junior
JU'NIOR
,Adj.
Younger; not as old as another; as a junior partner in a company. It is applied to distinguish the younger of two persons bearing the same name in one family or town, and opposed to elder; as John Doe junior.
JU'NIOR
,Noun.
The fools, my juniors by a year--