Complete Definition of "senior"

English

Etymology
Comparative form, from Latin senex, old.

Adjective
en-adj

  1. older
  2. Higher in rank within a publicly traded company or other organization.
  3. of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school or university.

Noun
en-noun

  1. an older person

#: four years her senior

  1. a final-year student at a high school or university.

Antonyms
junior

Derived terms
seniority
senior school

Translations
Finnish: vanhempi


Interlingua
Etymology
From Latin senior#Latin|senior "older"
Adjective
senior

  1. older

Noun
senior (plural: seniors)

  1. lord

Latin
Adjective
senior, Wiktionary Appendix:Latin third declension|senioris (comparative form of the adjective senex).

  1. older, elder

Related terms
senate
senex

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Revision and Credits for"senior"
  • 2007-11-06 04:42 - Connel MacKenzie - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Shoof|Shoof]] ([[User_talk:Shoof|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:UllmannBot|UllmannBot]]

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