Note: Junior is applied to distinguish the younger of two
persons bearing the same name in the same family, and
is opposed to {senior or elder}. Commonly applied to a
son who has the same Christian name as his father.
2. Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a
junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.
3. 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}, n., 2.
4. Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
Our first studies and junior endeavors. -- Sir T.
Browne.
His junior she, by thirty years. -- Byron.
2. 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.