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Webster 1913 Edition


Younger

Young′er

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Noun.
One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior.
“The elder shall serve the younger.”
Rom. ix. 12.

Webster 1828 Edition


Younger

YOUNGER

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Adj.
Comp. Yunger. Not so old as another. A person of ninety years old is younger than one of a hundred, though certainly not a young man, nor in the first part of life.

Definition 2024


younger

younger

English

Adjective

younger

  1. comparative form of young: more young
    Our neighbor spent his younger years in England.
    Reading this book takes me back to my younger days.

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Noun

younger (plural youngers)

  1. (rare) One who is younger than another.
    • 1882, L. H. Apaque, A baker's dozen (page 102)
      Hugh and Charlie also played fairly well, so perhaps it was not wonderful that James, who had always regarded cricket as a childish waste of time, felt rather at a loss, and did not care to display his inferiority to his youngers.

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