jun|ior

jun|ior «JOON yuhr», adjective, noun.

–adjective.

1. the younger (used of a son having the same name as his father): »

John Parker, Junior, is the son of John Parker, Senior,

Abbr. Jr.

2. of or for younger people: »

a junior choir, a junior tennis match.

3. of lower position; of less standing than some others; of more recent appointment: »

a junior partner.

4. of or having to do with a third-year student or class in high school or college: »

the junior class.

5. of or for girls or women with slight figures: »

Junior sizes have shorter waists and are a little smaller around.

6. of later date: »

The Cretan civilization was apparently junior to that of the Nile Valley.

7. Law. (of a mortgage, creditor, or the like) more recent in time and therefore second in priority to another.

–noun.

1. a younger person: »

He is his brother's junior by two years.

2. a person of lower position, rank, or standing; person of more recent appointment.

3. a student in the third year of high school or a four-year college.

4. a) the junior size of clothing; junior miss. b) a girl or woman who wears or can wear junior sizes.

╂[< Latin jūnior (for juvenior), comparative of juvenis young]