Junior
['dʒuːnɪə] or ['dʒunɪɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the younger of two persons; 'she is two years my junior'.
(noun.) a third-year undergraduate.
(noun.) a son who has the same first name as his father.
(noun.) term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male; 'look here, junior, it's none of your business'.
(adj.) including or intended for youthful persons; 'a junior sports league'; 'junior fashions' .
(adj.) younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service .
(adj.) used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; 'the junior class'; 'a third-year student' .
Checked by Ida--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Less advanced in age than another; younger.
(a.) Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.
(a.) 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.
(n.) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
(n.) A younger person.
(n.) 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.
Edited by Allison
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Younger.
Typed by Jewel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Younger
ANT:Senior, elder
Inputed by Gracie
Definition
adj. younger: less advanced.—n. one younger or less advanced.—ns. Junior′ity Jun′iorship; Jun′ior-right borough-English (q.v.).—Junior optime a third-class honours man at Cambridge next to Wranglers and Senior Optimes; Junior soph an undergraduate of the second year at Cambridge.
Checked by Eugene
Examples
- The senior partner took the coach, and the junior partner took his walking-stick. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Twemlow has asked him whether he went to school as a junior with Alfred? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Uriah, Traddles, and I, as the junior part of the company, went down last, how we could. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- At this parental and professional joke, Mr. Weller, junior, smiled a filial smile. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You haven't got any appointment, you know,' said Barnacle Junior. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Seems be hanged, Dobbin, his junior interrupted him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Both stood on one side, the tall junior behind the under-sized senior, looking forth carefully, so that they might not be visible from without. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Barnacle junior stared at him until his eye-glass fell out, and then put it in again and stared at him until it fell out again. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I never regard you as a young man, nor as Robert's junior. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Barnacle Junior, however, was announced as a lesser star, yet visible above the office horizon. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- As a Barnacle he had his place, which was a snug thing enough; and as a Barnacle he had of course put in his son Barnacle Junior in the office. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Besides, George Gaunt and I were intimate in early life; he was my junior when we were attaches at Pumpernickel together. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- My sister, who is more than ten years my junior, was left to the guardianship of my mother's nephew, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and myself. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You observe, Mr. Harthouse, that my wife is my junior. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The old gentleman had advanced Todd from being a clerk to be a junior partner in his establishment. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They sometimes picked off my juniors. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Oh, dreadful,' rejoined Mr. Muzzle; 'but that is the worst of country service, Mr. Weller; the juniors is always so very savage. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Sweeney