■ adjective
1》 for or denoting young or younger people.
↘ Brit. for or denoting schoolchildren aged 7–11.
↘ N. Amer. of or for students in the third year of a four-year course at college or high school.
2》 [ postposition ] denoting the younger of two with the same name in a family.
3》 low or lower in rank or status.
■ noun
1》 a person who is a specified amount younger than someone else: he's five years her ~.
2》 Brit. a child at a ~ school.
↘ N. Amer. a student in the third year at college or high school.
↘(in sport) a young competitor, typically under 16 or 18.
↘ N. Amer. informal a nickname for one's young son.
3》 a person of low rank or status.
Derivatives
~ity -'ɒrɪti noun
Origin
ME: from L., compar. of juvenis 'young'.