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Senior   /sˈinjər/   Listen
Senior

adjective
1.
Older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service.
2.
Used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college.  Synonym: fourth-year.
3.
Advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables).  Synonyms: aged, elderly, older.  "Elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper" , "Senior citizen"
noun
1.
An undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation.
2.
A person who is older than you are.  Synonym: elder.



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... heard. The accused, if inconvenient, was not allowed to speak. If there were doubt touching the probability of conviction, pressure was put upon the court. I give one or two examples: Scellier, the senior associate judge of the tribunal, appears to have been a good lawyer and a fairly worthy man. One day in February, 1794, Scellier was at dinner with Robespierre, when Robespierre complained of the delays of the court. Scellier replied that without the observance of forms there could ...
— The Theory of Social Revolutions • Brooks Adams
... Willoughby, Royal Horse Guards Commanding. Major Hon. Robert White, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Senior Staff Officer. Major C. Hyde Villiers, Royal Horse Guards Staff Officer. Captain Kincaid-Smith, Royal Artillery Artillery Staff Officer. Captain Kennedy, B.S.A.C.'s Service Quartermaster. Captain E. Holden, Derbyshire Yeomanry Assistant Quarter-Master. Surgeon Captain Farmer, B.S.A. ...
— The Transvaal from Within - A Private Record of Public Affairs • J. P. Fitzpatrick
... up and enlivens us. There are several colonels and senior officers squatting about, and Churchill takes the opportunity of giving them a bit of his mind. He is much annoyed with the day's proceedings. He has been a good deal shot at; so has the Duke, and so has the General. They have had to use their Mauser pistols. ...
— With Rimington • L. March Phillipps
... empire. In English legal history, "ancient'' tenure or demesne refers to what was crown property in the time of Edward the Confessor or William the Conqueror. "The Ancient of days'' is a Biblical phrase for God. In the London Inns of Court the senior barristers used to be called "ancients.'' From the 16th to the 18th century the word was also used, by confusion with "ensign,'' i.e; flag or standard-bearer, for that military title, as in the case of Shakespeare's "ancient Pistol''; ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
... his teeth ground together for a moment; his eyes grew very wide. With a smile Scawthorne proceeded to explain that Jane's trustees were Mr. Percival, senior, and his son. Should she die unmarried before attaining her twenty-first birthday, the money bequeathed to her was to be ...
— The Nether World • George Gissing


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