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Definition of junior noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

junior

noun
 
/ˈdʒuːniə(r)/
 
/ˈdʒuːniər/
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    in sport

  1. [countable] a young person below a particular age, rather than an adult
    • She has coached many of our leading juniors.
    • At 16, he’s still eligible to play for the juniors.
    2.

    in school/college

  2. [countable] (British English) a child who goes to junior school
    • Sam is going to be a junior next year.
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  3. [countable] (North American English) a student in the year before the last year at high school or college compare sophomoreTopics Educationc1

    4. low level job

  4. [countable] (especially British English) a person who has a job at a low level within an organization
    • office juniors
    5.

    son

  5. [singular] (North American English, informal) a person’s young son
    • I leave junior with Mom when I'm at work.
    6. Word OriginMiddle English (as an adjective following a family name): from Latin, comparative of juvenis ‘young’.
Idioms
be… years somebody’s junior | be somebody’s junior (by…)
  1. to be younger than somebody, by the number of years mentioned
    • She's four years his junior.
    • She's his junior by four years.
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