senior
older or elder (designating the older of two men bearing the same name, as a father whose son is named after him, often written as Sr. or sr. following the name): I'd like to speak with the senior Mr. Hansen, please.I'm privileged to introduce Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Sr.: Compare junior (def. 1).
of earlier appointment or admission, as to an office, status, or rank: a senior partner.
of higher or the highest rank or standing.
(in American schools, colleges, and universities) of or relating to students in their final year or to their class.
(in certain American colleges and universities) of or relating to the final two years of education, during which a student specializes in a certain field of study.
of, for, or pertaining to a senior citizen or senior citizens as a group: senior discounts on local bus fares.
of earlier date; prior to: His appointment is senior to mine by a year.
Finance. having a claim on payments, assets, dividends, or the like prior to other creditors, mortgages, stockholders, etc.
a person who is older than another.
a person of higher rank or standing than another, especially by virtue of longer service.
(in the U.S.) a student in the final year at a high school, preparatory school, college, or university.
a fellow holding senior rank in a college at an English university.
(initial capital letter) a member of the Girl Scouts from 14 through 17 years of age.
Origin of senior
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How to use senior in a sentence
There were also the fleshy remains of the seniors who migrated to Florida from all points north.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAcross the country, high school seniors are in the throes of completing college applications before looming deadlines.
Forget the Kids Who Can’t Get In; What About Those Who Don’t Even Apply? | Jonah Edelman | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRecent research also determined that playing religious music to Christian seniors significantly reduced their anxiety about death.
Hip-Hop Psychology: Using Music to Fight Mental Illness | Charlotte Lytton | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe had seniors, blacks, whites—a real coalition of people—and we had a lot of them in Mississippi for the AFL-CIO.
Bernie Sanders Is Showing Us the Socialist Way to Run for President | David Freedlander | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor a week each May—long story—I help take a large group of high school seniors into the woods.
A letter-form which enables the sender to address his Seniors more abruptly than he would dare to do without its assistance.
On Patrol | John Graham BowerThe seniors of our class are thoroughly reliable old fools, and Past Grand Masters in the art of ineptitude.
They had expected, as freshmen, to be quite haughtily ignored by the seniors and juniors.
Ruth Fielding At College | Alice B. EmersonAnd we sophs really shouldn't nag you freshies, you know, for we must pull together against the seniors and juniors.
Ruth Fielding At College | Alice B. EmersonI'll wager those are seniors, who already feel a little heartache because their college years are so nearly over.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson
British Dictionary definitions for senior (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsiːnjə) /
higher in rank or length of service
older in years: senior citizens
of or relating to adulthood, maturity, or old age: senior privileges
education
of, relating to, or designating more advanced or older pupils
of or relating to a secondary school
US of, relating to, or designating students in the fourth and final year at college
a senior person
an elderly person
a senior pupil, student, etc
a fellow of senior rank in an English university
Origin of senior
1British Dictionary definitions for Senior (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsiːnjə) /
mainly US being the older: used to distinguish the father from the son with the same first name or names: Charles Parker, Senior Abbreviation: Sr, Sen
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