Junior

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A younger person.

II. Junior ·adj Less advanced in age than another; younger.

III. Junior ·noun Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.

IV. Junior ·adj Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.

V. Junior ·adj Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; as, the junior class; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. ·see Junior, ·noun, 2.

VI. Junior ·noun Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, 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.