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junior
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Junior \Jun"ior\, n.
1. A younger person.
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His junior she, by thirty years. --Byron.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Junior \Jun"ior\ (j[=u]n"y[~e]r; 277), a. [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.] [1913 Webster] 1. Less advanced in age than another; younger. Abbreviated Jr. [1913 Webster +PJC] Note: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life. [1913 Webster] Our first studies and junior endeavors. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 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.. Syn: third-year. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
