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sen⋅ior

  [seen-yer]
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–adjective
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.
–noun
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
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sen·ior   (sēn'yər)   
adj.  
  1. Abbr. Sr. Of or being the older of two, especially the older of two persons having the same name, as father and son.
  2. Of or relating to senior citizens. See Usage Note at old.
    1. Being in a position, rank, or grade above others of the same set or class: a senior officer; the senior ship in the battle group.
    2. Having precedence in making certain decisions.
  4. Of or relating to the fourth and last year of high school or college: our senior class.
n.  
    1. A person who is older than another: She is eight years my senior.
    2. A senior citizen.
    3. One that is of a higher position, rank, or grade than another in the same set or class.
    4. A student in the fourth year of high school or college.
    1. One that is of a higher position, rank, or grade than another in the same set or class.
    2. A student in the fourth year of high school or college.

[Middle English, from Latin, comparative of senex, old; see sen- in Indo-European roots.]
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Senior

Sen"ior\, a. [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]

1. More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.

2. Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools.

Senior

Sen"ior\, n. 1. A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life.

2. One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade.

3. An aged person; an older. --Dryden.

Each village senior paused to scan, And speak the lovely caravan. --Emerson.

4. One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary.
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Language Translation for : senior
Spanish: mayor,
German: der Senior, der Ältere,
Japanese: 年長者
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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
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Main Entry: se·nior
Pronunciation: 'sE-ny&r
Function: adjective
: having higher rank or priority senior lienholder>; specifically : having a claim on corporate assets and income prior to other securities
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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