Junior
Definition of Junior
Jun´ior Pronunciation: jūn´yẽr; 277 a. | 1. | | | 1. | Less advanced in age than another; younger. Abbreviated Jr. | | 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; as, the junior class; the junior baseball league; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See Junior, n., 2. | | 4. | Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life. | | 5. | of or relating to the third year of a four-year term; - used of the third or next to final year in a U. S. high school or college. See junior{2}, n.. | n. | 1. | A younger person. | | 2. | 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. |
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