"Junior" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Younger. This has been held to be no part of a man's name, but an addition by use, and a convenient distinction be-tween a father and son of the same name. Cobh ▼. Lucas, 15 Pick. (Mass.) 9; People ▼. Collins, 7 Johns. (N. Y.) 552; Padgett v. Lawrence, 10 Paige (N. Y.) 177, 40 Am. Dec. 232; Prentiss v. Blake, 34 VL 460
Less advanced in age than another; younger.
Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior
partner; junior counsel; junior captain.
A younger person.
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.
Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
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.
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Sometimes women are overly suspicious of their husbands. When Adam stayed out very late for a few nights, Eve became upset. "You're running around with other women," she charged."You're being unreasonable," Adam responded. "You're the only woman on earth." The quarrel continued until Adam fell asleep, only to be awakened by someone poking him in the chest. It was Eve. "What do you think you're doing?" Adam demanded. "Counting your ribs," said Eve.
Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common …
Read the complete definitionOne who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.
Read the complete definitionOne who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior.
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