(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ official or employee holds a low-ranking position in an organization or profession.
Junior and middle-ranking civil servants have pledged to join the indefinite strike.
...a ~ minister attached to the prime minister’s office.
? senior
ADJ: usu ADJ n
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Junior is also a noun.
The Lord Chancellor has said legal aid work is for ~s when they start out in the law.
N-COUNT
2.
If you are someone’s ~, you are younger than they are.
She now lives with actor Denis Lawson, 10 years her ~.
N-SING: poss N
3.
Junior is sometimes used after the name of the younger of two men in a family who have the same name, sometimes in order to prevent confusion. The abbreviation Jr is also used. (AM)
His son, Arthur Ochs Junior, is expected to succeed him as publisher.
N-IN-NAMES
4.
In the United States, a student in the third year of a high school or university course is called a ~.
N-COUNT