junior
♦ jun|ior /dʒ'uːniər/ (juniors)
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A junior official or employee holds a low-ranking position in an organization or profession.
Junior and middle-ranking civil servants have pledged to join the indefinite strike.
...a junior minister attached to the prime minister's office.
≠ senior
[N-COUNT]
Junior is also a noun.
The Lord Chancellor has said legal aid work is for juniors when they start out in the law.
2 [N-SING] poss N
If you are someone's junior, you are younger than they are.
She now lives with actor Denis Lawson, 10 years her junior.
3 [N-IN-NAMES]
Junior is sometimes used after the name of the younger of two men in a family who have the same name, sometimes in order to prevent confusion. The abbreviation Jr is also used. (AM)
His son, Arthur Ochs Junior, is expected to succeed him as publisher.
4 [N-COUNT]
In the United States, a student in the third year of a high school or university course is called a junior.jun|ior high (junior highs)
[N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES]
In the United States, junior high is the school that young people attend between the ages of 11 or 12 and 14 or 15.
...Benjamin Franklin Junior High.jun|ior school (junior schools)
[N-VAR; N-IN-NAMES] oft in names after n
In England and Wales, a junior school is a school for children between the ages of about seven and eleven.
...Middleton Road Junior School.
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A junior official or employee holds a low-ranking position in an organization or profession.
Junior and middle-ranking civil servants have pledged to join the indefinite strike.
...a junior minister attached to the prime minister's office.
≠ senior
[N-COUNT]
Junior is also a noun.
The Lord Chancellor has said legal aid work is for juniors when they start out in the law.
2 [N-SING] poss N
If you are someone's junior, you are younger than they are.
She now lives with actor Denis Lawson, 10 years her junior.
3 [N-IN-NAMES]
Junior is sometimes used after the name of the younger of two men in a family who have the same name, sometimes in order to prevent confusion. The abbreviation Jr is also used. (AM)
His son, Arthur Ochs Junior, is expected to succeed him as publisher.
4 [N-COUNT]
In the United States, a student in the third year of a high school or university course is called a junior.jun|ior high (junior highs)
[N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES]
In the United States, junior high is the school that young people attend between the ages of 11 or 12 and 14 or 15.
...Benjamin Franklin Junior High.jun|ior school (junior schools)
[N-VAR; N-IN-NAMES] oft in names after n
In England and Wales, a junior school is a school for children between the ages of about seven and eleven.
...Middleton Road Junior School.