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Less advanced in age than another; younger. |
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Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior
partner; junior counsel; junior captain. |
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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. |
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Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life. |
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A younger person. |
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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. |