junior | |
1. adj. (comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation. | |
2. adj. (not comparable, often, preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger. | |
3. adj. (not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life. | |
4. adj. (not comparable, chiefly US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university. | |
5. n. A younger person. | |
four years his junior | |
6. n. A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.). | |
7. n. (chiefly US) A third-year student at a high school or university. | |