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2 senior

Function:

noun

Inflected forms:

plural seniors

Meaning:

[count] 1 : a person who is older than another person ▪ She is five years my senior. = She is my senior by five years. [=she is five years older than I am] —compare junior
2 : a person who is of a higher rank than another person ▪ As his senior, she commanded quite a bit of respect. ▪ She was his senior in rank.
3 US : a student in the final year of high school or college ▪ high school juniors and seniors —often used before another noun ▪ the senior class/yearbook/prom ▪ She skipped her senior year and went straight to college. ▪ the senior captain of a team —compare freshman, junior, sophomore
4 chiefly US : senior citizen
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