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Webster 1913 Edition


Senior

Sen′ior

,
Adj.
[L.
senior
, compar. of
senex
, gen.
senis
, old. See
Sir
.]
1.
More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior;
as,
senior
member;
senior
counsel
.
2.
Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools.

Sen′ior

,
Noun.
1.
A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life.
2.
One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade.
3.
An aged person; an older.
Dryden.
Each village
senior
paused to scan,
And speak the lovely caravan.
Emerson.
4.
One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; – originally called
senior sophister
; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary.

Webster 1828 Edition


Senior

SENIOR

,
Adj.
see'nyor. [L. senior, comp. of senex, old.] Elder or older; but as an adjective, it usually signifies older in office; as the senior pastor of a church, where there are colleagues; a senior counselor. In such use, senior has no reference to age, for a senior counselor may be, and ofted is the younger man.

SENIOR

,
Noun.
see'nyor.
1. A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life.
2. One that is older in office, or one whose first entrance upon an office was anterior to that of another. Thus a senator or counselor of sixty years of age, often has a senior who is not fifty years of age.
3. An aged person; one of the oldest inhabitants.
A senior of the place replies. Dryden.

Definition 2024


sénior

sénior

See also: senior, Senior, and sênior

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

sénior m (plural séniores) (European orthography)

  1. senior (someone older than someone else)
  2. senior (someone deserving respect or reverence)

Adjective

sénior m, f (plural séniores, comparable) (European orthography)

  1. senior; older
  2. senior (higher in rank, dignity or office)

Spanish

Adjective

sénior m, f (plural séniores)

  1. senior

Noun

sénior m (plural séniores)

  1. senior