Jun"ior (?), a. [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]
1.
Less advanced in age than another; younger.
⇒ 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.
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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.
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