About The Word Senior
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Senior
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What's The Definition Of Senior?
[n] a person who is older than you are
[n] an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation [adj] 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" [adj] older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer" Synonyms | Synonyms for Senior: aged | elder | elder | elderly | higher-ranking | major(ip) | old | older | precedential | ranking(a) | sr. | superior Related Terms | Find terms related to Senior: See Also | adult | dean | doyen | doyenne | grownup | undergrad | undergraduate Senior In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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