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| sen·ior [ snyər ] |
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1. more advanced in age: of a more advanced age
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2. higher in rank: of higher rank or having longer service or employment than another
  Everyone on the committee is senior to me.
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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
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noun (plural sen·iors) |
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1. person of greater age: somebody who is older than somebody else
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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.
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3. final-year student: a student in the last year of high school or college
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4.
Same as senior citizen
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| [14th century. < Latin, "elder, older" < senex "old"] |
