junior

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Related terms 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.4.3 External links 2 Latin 2.1 Alternative spellings 2.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Latin junior, contr. of juvenior, compar. of iuvenis (“‘young’”); see juvenile.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːniə(r)

[edit] Adjective

junior

1. younger.
   • 1939: P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the Springtime

     The last man I met who was at school with me, though some years my junior, had a long white beard and no teeth.

2. of or pertaining to a third academic year in a high school or university.

[edit] Related terms

• juvenile
• rejuvenate
• young
• youth

[edit] Noun

junior (plural juniors)

1. a younger person.

   four years his junior

2. a third-year student at a high school or university.
3. a name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name. Abbreviation: Jr.

[edit] Antonyms

• senior

[edit] Translations

• Finnish: nuorempi fi(fi)

[edit] External links

• junior in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• junior in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Alternative spellings

• iunior

[edit] Adjective

junior, junioris

1. Comparative form of iuvenis; younger.