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   junior

   /ˈdʒuːnɪə/

   adjective

   • 1. for or denoting young or younger people: "junior tennis" Similar youngeryoungestOpposite seniorolder
   • ▪ for or denoting schoolchildren between the ages of about 7 and 11: British "junior pupils"
   • ▪ of or for students in the third year of a course lasting four years at college or high school: North American "his junior year in college"
   • ▪ denoting the younger of two who have the same name in a family, especially a son as distinct from his father: "John F. Kennedy Junior" Similar the YoungerminorIIOpposite Senior
   • 2. low or lower in rank or status: "a junior minister" Similar low-rankinglower-rankingsubordinatesub-lesserlowerminorsecondaryinferiorbeneathunderOpposite higher-rankingsenior

   noun

   • 1. a person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else: "he's five years her junior"
   • ▪ a child attending a junior school: British "first-year juniors"
   • ▪ a student in the third year at college or high school: North American "high-school juniors and seniors"
   • ▪ (in sport) a young competitor, typically under sixteen or eighteen: "indoor tennis for juniors"
   • ▪ used as a nickname or form of address for one's son: informal North American "he said: ‘there's Junior,’ referring to his son"
   • 2. a person with low rank or status compared with others: "an office junior"

   Word Origin Middle English (as an adjective following a family name): from Latin, comparative of juvenis ‘young’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. juniority noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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