- 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