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senior

sen·ior [ snyər ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. more advanced in age: of a more advanced age

2. higher in rank: of higher rank or having longer service or employment than another
Everyone on the committee is senior to me.

3. belonging to earlier generation: used to distinguish the elder of two members of the same family with the same name from the younger person of that name



noun  (plural sen·iors)
Definition:
 
1. person of greater age: somebody who is older than somebody else

2. higher-ranking person: somebody who ranks higher than somebody else or has worked in the same place longer
She is my only senior in the department.

3. final-year student: a student in the last year of high school or college

4. 
Same as  senior citizen


[14th century. < Latin, "elder, older" < senex "old"]
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