[ju.nior] adj [L, compar. of juvenis young--more at young] (13c) 1 a: less advanced in age: younger--used chiefly to distinguish a son with the same given name as his father b (1): youthful (2): designed for young people and esp. adolescents c: of more recent date and therefore inferior or subordinate "a ~ lien"
2. a: lower in standing or rank "~ partners" b: duplicating or suggesting on a smaller scale something typically large or powerful "a ~ gale"
3: of or relating to juniors or the class of juniors at an educational institution "the ~ prom"
[2]junior n [L, n. & adj.] (1526) 1 a (1): a person who is younger than another "a man six years my ~" (2): a male child: son (3): a young person b: a clothing size for women and girls with slight figures
2. a: a person holding a lower position in a hierarchy of ranks b: a student in the next-to-the-last year before graduating from an educational institution 3 cap: a member of a program of the Girl Scouts for girls in the third through sixth grades in school