Pronunciation: ' mid-l ə r, ' mi-d ə l- ə r
Function: noun
Date: 1882
: one belonging to an intermediate group, division, or class: as a : a student in the second-year class of a three-year program (as at a seminary or law school) b : a student in the second- or third-year class in some private secondary schools having a four-year course c : a student in a division in some private schools that corresponds approximately to junior high school