2syllables
junior
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Definitions ofjunior
1noun
- A younger person.
Example: "four years his junior"
- A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.).
- A third-year student at a high school or university.
- A junior barrister.
1adjective
- Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
- (often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
- Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
- Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
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