a. | 1. | |
1. | Less advanced in age than another; younger. Abbreviated Jr. | |
2. | Lower in standing or in rank, or having entered later into a position or office; | |
3. | Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; | |
4. | Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life. | |
5. | of or relating to the third year of a four-year term; - used of the third or next to final year in a U. S. high school or college. See junior{2}, | |
n. | 1. | A younger person. |
2. | One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges and four-year high schools, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a |
Noun | 1. | junior - term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male; "look here, junior, it's none of your business" |
2. | junior - a third-year undergraduate | |
3. | junior - the younger of two men | |
4. | Junior - a son who has the same first name as his father | |
Adj. | 1. | junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service Antonyms: senior - older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer" |
2. | junior - used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student" Synonyms: third-year, next-to-last | |
3. | junior - including or intended for youthful persons; "a junior sports league"; "junior fashions" |
JUNIOR. Younger.
2. This has been held to be no part of a man's name, but an addition by
use, and a convenient distinction between a father and son of the same name.
10 Mass. R. 203 10 Paige, 170; 1 Pick. R. 388; 7 John. It. 549; 2 Caines,
164 1 Pick. 388 15 Pick. 7; 17 Pick. 200 3 Metc. 330.
3. Any matter that distinguishes persons renders the addition of junior
or senior unnecessary. 1 Mod. Ent. 35; Salk. 7. But if father and son have
both the same name, the father shall be, prima facie, intended, if junior be
not added, or some other matter of distinction. Salk, 7; 6 Rep. 20 11 Rep.
39; Hob. 330. If father and son have the same name and addition, and the
former sue the latter, the writ is abateable unless the son have the further
addition of junior, or the younger. But if the father be the defendant and
the son the plaintiff, there is no need of the further addition of senior,
or the elder, to the name of the father. 2 Hawk. 187; Laws of Women, 380.