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English Dictionary: senior	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
senior adj older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer" Antonym(s): junior used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom" Synonym(s): senior(a), fourth-year advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen" Synonym(s): aged, elderly, older, senior n an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation a person who is older than you are Synonym(s): elder, senior
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Senior \Sen"ior\, a. [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See {Sir}.] 1. More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel. 2. Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Senior \Sen"ior\, n. 1. A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life. 2. One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade. 3. An aged person; an older. --Dryden. Each village senior paused to scan, And speak the lovely caravan. --Emerson. 4. One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called {senior sophister}; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary.