Definition of senior

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Senior (n.) One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade..

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Montem :: Montem (n.) A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the senior scholar of the school..
Bencher :: Bencher (n.) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.
Squadroned :: Squadron (n.) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron..
Seniorize :: Seniorize (v. i.) To exercise authority; to rule; to lord it.
Post-captain :: Post-captain (n.) A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was posted, in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse..
Seniority :: Seniority (n.) The quality or state of being senior.
Primogeniture :: Primogeniture (a.) The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; seniority by birth among children of the same family.
Commodore :: Commodore (n.) A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club..
Ancienty :: Ancienty (n.) Seniority.
Optime :: Optime (n.) One of those who stand in the second rank of honors, immediately after the wranglers, in the University of Cambridge, England. They are divided into senior and junior optimes..
Senior :: Senior (n.) One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary..
Seniory :: Seniory (n.) Seniority.
Elder :: Elder (a.) One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
Senior :: Senior (a.) More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel..
Commodore :: Commodore (n.) An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army..
Senior :: Senior (n.) One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade..
Wrangler :: Wrangler (n.) One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the University of Cambridge, England. They are called, according to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler, third wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime..
Junior :: "Junior (n.) Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course..
Senior :: Senior (a.) Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools..
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