junior

junior¹ W3 adj [only before noun]

[Date: 1200-1300; : Latin; Origin: 'younger', from juvenis 'young']

1.) having a low rank in an organization or profession

≠ ↑senior

▪ a junior doctor

junior to

▪ There are several people junior to me (=with a lower rank than me) .

2.) relating to sport for young people below a particular age

▪ the junior football club

3.) BrE relating to a school for children below the age of 11

▪ the junior classrooms

4.) AmE relating to the year before the final year of ↑high school or college

▪ the second semester of my junior year

→↑senior¹

junior ²

junior² n

1.) be two/five/ten etc years sb's junior also be sb's junior by two/five/ten etc years

written to be two, five, ten etc years younger than someone

▪ She married a man seven years her junior.

2.)

a young person who takes part in sport for people below a particular age

▪ The juniors use the courts on Tuesday night.

3.) especially BrE someone who has a low rank in an organization or profession

▪ an office junior

4.) BrE

a child who goes to a ↑junior school

5.) AmE

a student in the year before the final year of ↑high school or college

→↑freshman, ↑senior² (1), ↑sophomore

6.) Junior

AmE spoken a name used humorously when speaking to or about a boy or a younger man, especially your son

▪ Where's Junior?