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Junior \Jun"ior\, n.
1. A younger person.
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His junior she, by thirty years. --Byron.
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2. Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in
American colleges and four-year high schools, 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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Junior \Jun"ior\ (j[=u]n"y[~e]r; 277), a. [L. contr. fr.
juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See {Juvenile}.]
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1. Less advanced in age than another; younger. Abbreviated
Jr.
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Note: 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.
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2. Lower in standing or in rank, or having entered later into
a position or office; as, a junior partner; junior
counsel; junior captain; the junior Senator from New York.
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3. Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing;
as, the junior class; the junior baseball league; of or
pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See {Junior},
n., 2.
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4. Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
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Our first studies and junior endeavors. --Sir T.
Browne.
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5. of or relating to the third year of a four-year term; --
used of the third or next to final year in a U. S. high
school or college. See {junior}[2], n..

Syn: third-year.
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