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Meaning of 'junior' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Junior [ a.]
- Less advanced in age than another; younger.
- Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.
- 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.
2 . Junior [ n.]
- Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
- A younger person.
- 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.

Meaning of 'junior' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . junior [ n]
Meaning (1):
- term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
Example in sentence:
  • look here, junior, it's none of your business
Meaning (2):
- the younger of two persons
Example in sentence:
  • she is two years my junior
3 . junior [ s]
Meaning (3):
- including or intended for youthful persons
Example in sentence:
  • a junior sports league;
  • junior fashions
Meaning (4):
- used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college
Example in sentence:
  • a third-year student;
  • the junior class

Nearby Words:

junartie juncaceous juncate juncite junco juncous junction juncture june juneating

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