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senior

adj
/ˈsinjɚ/US/ˈsiːnjə(r)/UK

Etymology

From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.

  1. derived from senior
  2. inherited from senior

Definitions

  1. Older.

    • senior citizen

  2. Higher in rank, dignity, or office

    Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.

    • senior member; senior counsel

  3. Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or…

    Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or…

      Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.

      • senior hockey

    2. Synonym of elder.

      • 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados It is unusual for the senior hand to leave even one of the five cards to which he is entitled. It indicated an unusually strong hand.

    3. An old person.

      • Grave and reverend seniors seemed to have caught the prevailing spirit as badly as the students, and I saw white-bearded men rising and shaking their fists at the obdurate Professor.

    4. Someone older than someone else (with possessive).

      • He was four years her senior.

    5. Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.

    6. An elder or presbyter in the early Church.

      • Then Peter full of the holy gooſt ſayd vnto them. Ye ruelars of the people / and ſeniours of iſrahel[…].

    7. Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.

    8. A final-year student at a high school or university

      A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.

    9. A surname.

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Derived

nonsenior, senior bond, senior captain, senior chief petty officer, senior chief warrant officer, senior college, senior colonel, Senior Counsel, senior high, senior higher, senior high school, seniorhood, senior hurling, senior infant, senioritis, seniority, seniorize, senior lecturer, seniorlike, seniorly, senior moment, seniormost, seniorness, senior note, senior patrol leader, seniorpreneur, senior researcher, senior school, seniorship, senior ship of the line captain, senior ship-of-the-line captain, senior slide, senior status, senior synonym, senior theater, senior vice president, senior warrant officer, subsenior, supersenior

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at senior. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at senior. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at senior

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA