junior : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: junior	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
junior adj younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service Antonym(s): senior used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student" Synonym(s): junior(a), third-year, next-to-last including or intended for youthful persons; "a junior sports league"; "junior fashions" n term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male; "look here, junior, it's none of your business" a third-year undergraduate the younger of two persons; "she is two years my junior" a son who has the same first name as his father Synonym(s): Junior, Jr, Jnr
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Junior \Jun"ior\, a. [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See {Juvenile}.] 1. Less advanced in age than another; younger. 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. 2. Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain. 3. 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. 4. Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life. Our first studies and junior endeavors. -- Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Junior \Jun"ior\, n. 1. A younger person. His junior she, by thirty years. -- Byron. 2. 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Junior, WV (town, FIPS 42244) Location: 38.97728 N, 79.95050 W Population (1990): 542 (213 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)