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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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   What is a junior in high school called?

   • In the United States, a student in the third year of a high school or university course is called a junior . Their youngest daughter Amy's a junior at the University of Evansville in Indiana.

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   What is a junior official?

   • A junior official or employee holds a low-ranking position in an organization or profession . Junior and middle-ranking civil servants have pledged to join the indefinite strike. ...a junior minister attached to the prime minister's office. Junior is also a noun .

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   • Get a quick, free translation! JUNIOR definition: 1. someone who has a job at a low level within an organization: 2. a student at a junior school 3…. Learn more.

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   What is the meaning of junior class?

   • ) 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. Junior(n. ) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.

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   noun. a person who is younger than another. a person who is newer or of lower rank in an office, class, profession, etc.; subordinate. a student who is in the next to the final year of a course of study. Often juniors.

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   Definitions of junior. adjective. including or intended for youthful persons. “a junior sports league” “ junior fashions” synonyms: immature, young. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth. adjective. younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service. synonyms: immature, young.

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    Junior can be an adjective, a noun, or a name suffix. It can mean low or lower in rank, for or relating to young people, or the younger of two men with the same name.