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
Next, FiveThirtyEight senior sportswriter Chris Herring joins to talk about what’s ahead for the Houston Rockets now that they’ve crashed out of the NBA playoffs.
Reading The Right Amount Into The NFL’s Week 1 | Sarah Shachat | September 15, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightColin Cunliff is a senior policy analyst with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
To confront the climate crisis, the US should launch a National Energy Innovation Mission | Amy Nordrum | September 15, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewEddy Cue, 55, was named the senior vice president of the unit in 2011.
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is a senior associate dean and Lester Crown Professor of Management Practice at the Yale School of Management.
On COVID-19 vaccines, Big Pharma knows to just say ‘no’ | matthewheimer | September 11, 2020 | FortuneFor longer-term success, new-country partners will need to train and develop senior business leaders.
COVID proves that companies need to reduce their dependence on China | matthewheimer | September 11, 2020 | Fortune
Stanley Richards, senior Vice President of the Fortune Society, gave a tour along with a few residents.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“We look for the qualities that are evocative of V.S.O.P Privilege,” explained Hennessy senior Vice President Rodney Williams.
“Clean as a whistle,” says a senior investigator involved in the case.
Another senior Air Force official with stealth fighter experience agreed.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019 | Dave Majumdar | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTE.J. Graff, senior fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, is the author of What Is Marriage For?
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality | E.J. Graff | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe senior branch of the family being thus extinct the whole of the entailed estate had devolved on me.
Uncanny Tales | Various“Reduced counsels,” interposed Mr. Weller senior, in an undertone.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensThis senior was middle-aged, and passing rich on eighty pounds a year.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowI remember a senior clerk in the office where I first worked to whom there was a general aversion.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowHe must have had means of his own, as he lived in a way far beyond the reach of even a senior clerk of the first degree.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
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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