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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Senior  \Sen"ior\,  a.  [L.  senior,  compar.  of  senex,  gen.  senis, 
  old  See  {Sir}.] 
  1.  More  advanced  than  another  in  age;  prior  in  age;  elder; 
  hence  more  advanced  in  dignity,  rank,  or  office; 
  superior;  as  senior  member;  senior  counsel. 
 
  2.  Belonging  to  the  final  year  of  the  regular  course  in 
  American  colleges,  or  in  professional  schools. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Senior  \Sen"ior\,  n. 
  1.  A  person  who  is  older  than  another;  one  more  advanced  in 
  life. 
 
  2.  One  older  in  office,  or  whose  entrance  upon  office  was 
  anterior  to  that  of  another;  one  prior  in  grade. 
 
  3.  An  aged  person;  an  older.  --Dryden. 
 
  Each  village  senior  paused  to  scan,  And  speak  the 
  lovely  caravan.  --Emerson. 
 
  4.  One  in  the  fourth  or  final  year  of  his  collegiate  course 
  at  an  American  college;  --  originally  called  {senior 
  sophister};  also  one  in  the  last  year  of  the  course  at  a 
  professional  schools  or  at  a  seminary. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  senior 
  adj  1:  older;  higher  in  rank;  longer  in  length  of  tenure  or 
  service;  "senior  officer"  [ant:  {junior}] 
  2:  used  of  the  fourth  and  final  year  in  United  States  high 
  school  or  college;  "the  senior  prom"  [syn:  {senior(a)},  {fourth-year}] 
  3:  advanced  in  years;  (`aged'  is  pronounced  as  two  syllables); 
  "aged  members  of  the  society";  "elderly  residents  could 
  remember  the  construction  of  the  first  skyscraper"; 
  "senior  citizen"  [syn:  {aged},  {elderly},  {older}] 
  n  1:  an  undergraduate  student  during  the  year  preceding 
  graduation 
  2:  a  person  who  is  older  than  you  are  [syn:  {elder}] 




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