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| 1. | older or elder (usually designating the older of two men bearing the same name, as a father whose son is named after him, often written as Sr. or sr. following the name): I would like to see the senior Mr. Hansen Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Sr. Compare junior (def. 1). |
| 2. | of earlier appointment or admission, as to an office, status, or rank: a senior partner. |
| 3. | of higher or the highest rank or standing. |
| 4. | (in American schools, colleges, and universities) of or pertaining to students in their final year or to their class. |
| 5. | (in certain American colleges and universities) of or pertaining to the final two years of education, during which a student specializes in a certain field of study. |
| 6. | of, for, or pertaining to a senior citizen or senior citizens as a group: senior discounts on local bus fares. |
| 7. | of earlier date; prior to: His appointment is senior to mine by a year. |
| 8. | Finance. having a claim on payments, assets, dividends, or the like prior to other creditors, mortgages, stockholders, etc. |
| 9. | a person who is older than another. |
| 10. | a person of higher rank or standing than another, esp. by virtue of longer service. |
| 11. | (in the U.S.) a student in the final year at a high school, preparatory school, college, or university. |
| 12. | a fellow holding senior rank in a college at an English university. |
| 13. | a senior citizen. |
| 14. | (initial capital letter) a member of the Girl Scouts from 14 through 17 years of age. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L, equiv. to sen(ex) old, old man + -ior comp. adj. suffix]
] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
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| sen·ior
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n.
[Middle English, from Latin, comparative of senex, old; see sen- in Indo-European roots.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
senior
1287, from L. senior "older," comparative of senex (gen. senis) "old," from PIE base *sen- (see senile). Original use in Eng. was as addition to a personal name when father and son had the same name; meaning "higher in rank, longer in service" first recorded 1513. The L. word yielded titles of respect in many languages, cf. Fr. sire, Sp. señor, It. signor. Noun sense of "fourth-year student" is from 1741, from earlier general sense of "advanced student" (1612). Seniority "priority on office or service" is from 1450. Senior citizen first recorded 1938, Amer.Eng.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| senior | |
adjective | |
| 1. | older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer" [ant: junior] |
| 2. | used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom" |
| 3. | advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen" [syn: aged] |
noun | |
| 1. | an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation |
| 2. | a person who is older than you are [syn: elder] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
senior1 [ˈsiːnjə] noun
(also adjective) (a person who is) older in years or higher in rank or authority
Example: John is senior to me by two years; He is two years my senior; senior army officers
senior2 [ˈsiːnjə] nounExample: John is senior to me by two years; He is two years my senior; senior army officers
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(American) a student in his/her last year in college or high school
senior [ˈsiːnjə] adjective
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(often abbreviated to Snr, ~Sr or Sen. when written) used to indicate the father of a person who is alive and who has the same name
Example: John Jones Senior.
See also: seniority, senior citizen, "senior" in any languageExample: John Jones Senior.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Senior
Mon`sei`gneur"\, n.; pl. Messeigneurs. [F., fr. mon my + seigneur lord, L. senior older. See Senior, and cf. Monsieur.] My lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.)| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Senior
Se*nhor"\, n. [Pg. Cf. Se[~n]or, Senior.] A Portuguese title of courtesy corresponding to the Spanish se[~n]or or the English Mr. or sir; also, a gentleman.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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