2junior noun
plural juniors [count] 1 : a person who is younger than another person
▪ He is six years my junior. [=he is six years younger than I am] — compare senior 2 : a person who is of a lower rank than another person
▪ They are my juniors in rank. — compare senior 3 a US : a student in the third of four years in a high school or college
▪ She's a junior at the state college. — often used before another noun ▪ the junior class ▪ the junior prom — compare freshman, sophomore, senior
b Brit : a student at a junior school 4 US, informal — used like a name for a male child or son ▪ They love to bring junior to the park. ▪ How did you do on the exam, junior?
▪ He is six years my junior. [=he is six years younger than I am] — compare senior
▪ They are my juniors in rank. — compare senior
▪ She's a junior at the state college. — often used before another noun ▪ the junior class ▪ the junior prom — compare freshman, sophomore, senior
b Brit : a student at a junior school
