Jun″ior (jūn″yẽr; 277), a. [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]
1. Less advanced in age than another; younger.
☞ 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.