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| jun·ior [ jnyər ] |
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1. relating to youth or childhood: relating to youth, childhood, or children
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2. younger: younger in age, used especially when referring to the younger of two family members such as father and son who share the same name
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3. low in rank: of relatively low rank or little experience
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4. smaller: smaller than the standard or expected size
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5. of third-year students: relating to or involving students in the third year of high school or college
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6. U.K. for children between 7 and 11: relating to or involving schoolchildren between the ages of 7 and 11
  junior school
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7. boxing boxing weight category: in boxing, used to describe a competitive category that has a slightly lower weight limit than the standard category
junior middleweight
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noun (plural jun·iors) |
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1. younger person: somebody who is younger than another being referred to
My sister is three years my junior.
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2. low-ranking person: somebody of relatively low rank or little experience
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3. child: a young person, especially somebody younger than a teenager
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4. way of addressing boy: a form of address used for a boy or young man, affectionately to the son in a family or condescendingly to a stranger
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informal
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sometimes offensive
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5. third-year student: a student in the third year of high school or college
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6. dress clothing size: a range of clothing sizes for teenage girls and slender women
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7. U.K. junior-school student: a pupil in a junior school
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| [13th century. < Latin, "younger" < juvenis "young"] |
