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Junior
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Part of speech: noun (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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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. Our first studies and junior endeavors. Sir T. Browne.