Junior

Junior
Junior Jun"ior, n. 1. A younger person. [1913 Webster]

His junior she, by thirty years. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

2. Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges and four-year high schools, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a {senior}; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course. [1913 Webster]


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