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]
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.
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
(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
Arabic:
أكبَر، الأكْبَر، الأقْدَم
Chinese (Simplified):
年长的, 资格较老的
Chinese (Traditional):
年長的, 資格較老的
Czech:
starší
Danish:
ældre end; senior-
Estonian:
vanem, vanem-
Finnish:
vanhempi
French:
aîné; supérieur
Greek:
μεγαλύτερος, αρχαιότερος, ανώτερος (σε βαθμίδα)
Hungarian:
idősebb; rangidős
Indonesian:
keadaan lebih tua
Italian:
più vecchio*; superiore
Latvian:
seniors; vecākais; vecāks
Lithuanian:
vyresnis, vyresnysis
Russian:
старший
Slovak:
starší
Slovenian:
starejši
Spanish:
mayor
Swedish:
äldre, överordnad
Turkish:
kıdemli, üst rütbeli
senior2[ˈsiːnjə]noun
(American) a student in his/her last year in college or high school
Arabic:
طالب في السَّنَةِ الأخيرَه
Chinese (Simplified):
（美）最高年级的，最后一年的
Chinese (Traditional):
（美）最高年級的，最后一年的
Czech:
student v posledním ročníku školy
Danish:
sidsteårsstuderende
Estonian:
abiturient
Greek:
τελειόφοιτος
Hungarian:
végzős
Indonesian:
terakhir
Latvian:
izlaiduma klases skolēns; pēdējā kursa students
Lithuanian:
absolventas, abiturientas
Russian:
ученик выпускного класса
Slovak:
študent v poslednom ročníku, resp. semestri
Slovenian:
študent zadnjega letnika
Swedish:
elev (gymnasist) i högsta årskursen, sistaårstudent
Turkish:
son sınıf öğrencisi
senior[ˈsiːnjə]adjective
(often abbreviated toSnr, ~SrorSen.when written) used to indicate the father of a person who is alive and who has the same name Example: John Jones Senior.
Arabic:
الكَبير: تُشير إلى الأب إذا كان الإبْن يَحْمِل نَفْس ال
Main Entry: se·nior Pronunciation: 'sE-ny&r Function: adjective : having higher rank or priority <a senior lienholder>;
specifically: having a claim on corporate assets and income prior to other securities
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.)
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.
Seign"ior\, n. [OF. seignor, F. seigneur, cf. It. signore, Sp. se[~n]or from an objective case of L. senier elder. See Senior.]1. A lord; the lord of a manor. 2. A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe, corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English. Grand Seignior, the sultan of Turkey.
Sen"ate\, n. [OE. senat, F. s['e]nat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]1. An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions. Specifically: (a) (Anc. Rom.) A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority. The senate was thus the medium through which all affairs of the whole government had to pass. --Dr. W. Smith. (b) The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons. (c) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government. 2. The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London. [Eng.] 3. In some American colleges, a council of elected students, presided over by the president of the college, to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general concern affecting the students. [U. S.] Senate chamber, a room where a senate meets when it transacts business. Senate house, a house where a senate meets when it transacts business.
Sen"es*chal\, n. [OF. seneschal, LL. seniscalcus, of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. sineigs old, skalks, OHG. scalch, AS. scealc. Cf. Senior, Marshal.] An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands. Then marshaled feast Served up in hall with sewers and seneschale. --Milton. Philip Augustus, by a famous ordinance in 1190, first established royal courts of justice, held by the officers called baitiffs, or seneschals, who acted as the king's lieutenants in his demains. --Hallam.
Se"nile\, a. [L. senilis, from senex, gen. senis, old, an old man: cf. F. s['e]nile. See Senior.] Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness. "Senile maturity of judgment." --Boyle. Senile gangrene (Med.), a form of gangrene occuring particularly in old people, and caused usually by insufficient blood supply due to degeneration of the walls of the smaller arteries.
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.
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.
Sir\, n. [OE. sire, F. sire, contr. from the nominative L. senior an elder, elderly person, compar. of senex,senis, an aged person; akin to Gr. ??? old, Skr. sana, Goth. sineigs old, sinista eldest, Ir. & Gael. sean old, W. hen. Cf. Seignior, Senate, Seneschal, Senior, Senor, Signor, Sire, Sirrah.]1. A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire. [Obs.] He was crowned lord and sire. --Gower. In the election of a sir so rare. --Shak. 2. A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet. Sir Horace Vere, his brother, was the principal in the active part. --Bacon. 3. An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy. --Nares. Instead of a faithful and painful teacher, they hire a Sir John, which hath better skill in playing at tables, or in keeping of a garden, than in God's word. --Latimer. 4. A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality. "What's that to you, sir?" --Sheridan. Note: Anciently, this title, was often used when a person was addressed as a man holding a certain office, or following a certain business. "Sir man of law." "Sir parish priest." --Chaucer. Sir reverance. See under Reverence, n.
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