| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | jun·ior |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  j n y r |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. abbr. Jr. Used to distinguish a son from his father when they have the same given name. 2. Intended for or including youthful persons: a junior sports league. 3. Lower in rank or shorter in length of tenure: a junior officer; the junior senator. 4. Of, for, or constituting students in the third year of a U.S. high school or college: the junior class. 5. Lesser in scale than the usual. | | NOUN: | 1. A person who is younger than another: a sister four years my junior. 2. A person lesser in rank or time of participation or service; subordinate. 3. A student in the third year of a U.S. high school or college. 4. A class of clothing sizes for girls and slender women. Also called junior miss. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin i nior, comparative of iuvenis, young. See yeu- in Appendix I.
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