4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Junior \Jun"ior\, a. [L. contr. fr juvenior compar. of juvenis
young. See {Juvenile}.]
1. Less advanced in age than another; younger.
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.
2. Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as a
junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.
3. 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.
4. Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
Our first studies and junior endeavors. -- Sir T.
Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Junior \Jun"ior\, n.
1. A younger person.
His junior she by thirty years. -- Byron.
2. 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
junior
adj 1: younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or
service [ant: {senior}]
2: used of the third or next to final year in United States
high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year
student" [syn: {junior(a)}, {third-year}, {next-to-last}]
3: including or intended for youthful persons; "a junior sports
league"; "junior fashions"
n 1: term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male; "look
here junior, it's none of your business"
2: a third-year undergraduate
3: the younger of two men
4: a son who has the same first name as his father [syn: {Junior},
{Jr}, {Jnr}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Junior, WV (town, FIPS 42244)
Location: 38.97728 N, 79.95050 W
Population (1990): 542 (213 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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