meaning of junior
1. Less advanced in age than another; younger.
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.
5. A younger person.
6. 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.
7. the younger of two men
Related Words
junior | junior class | junior college | junior featherweight | junior high | junior high school | junior lightweight | junior middleweight | junior school | junior status | junior varsity | junior welterweight | junior-grade | juniority |
