Jun"ior (jūn"y&etilde;r; 277), a.
[L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See
Juvenile.]
1. Less advanced in age than another;
younger.
&fist; 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.
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.
