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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.

senior (comparative more senior, superlative most senior)

  1. Older.
    senior citizen
  2. Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
    senior member; senior counsel
  3. (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
  4. (sports, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
    senior hockey
  5. (card games) 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.

older

higher in rank

senior (plural seniors)

  1. (now chiefly US) An old person.
    Synonyms: senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person
  2. Someone older than someone else (with possessive). [from 15th c.]
    He was four years her senior.
  3. Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age. [from 14th c.]
  4. (obsolete, biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church. [14th–16th c.]
  5. Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
  6. (US, Philippines) A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist. [from 17th c.]

someone older than someone else

someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age

From Latin senior. Doublet of señor, sinjeur, sinjo, and sinjoor.

senior m (plural senioren or seniors, diminutive senioortje n)

  1. elderly person, senior citizen
    Voor senioren kan een e-bike zowel handig als gevaarlijk zijn. ― An e-bike can be both useful and dangerous to senior citizens.
  2. senior (higher-ranked person, for example in job titles)
    Bij sommige bedrijven word je al na een jaar of vijf als senior gezien. ― At some companies you are regarded as a senior [employee] after as few as five years.

Borrowed from Latin senior. Doublet of sire, seigneur, and sieur.

senior m (plural seniors)

  1. (sports) senior (older player)
  2. elderly person

From Dutch senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”). Doublet of señor, senyur, and sinyo.

senior

  1. senior (older)
  2. senior, superior (higher in rank, dignity, or office)
    Synonym: kanan (Malaysian Malay)

senior (plural **senior-senior or para senior)

  1. senior
  2. upperclassman
    Synonyms: abang liting, kakak kelas, kakak liting, kakak tingkat

Borrowed from Latin senior.

senior (comparative plus senior, superlative le plus senior)

  1. older

senior (plural seniors)

  1. lord

Comparative of senex. Compare Old Irish siniu, Vedic Sanskrit सन्यस् (sányas).

senior (comparative, neuter senius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of senex
    1. older, elder; rather old
      Antonym: iūnior

Third-declension comparative adjective.

senior m (genitive seniōris); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) a lord, sir
    Coordinate term: seniorissa
  2. (Medieval Latin) an abbot
  3. (Medieval Latin) a husband
  4. old person, old man, older person, older man

Third-declension noun.

Learned borrowing from Latin senior.

senior m pers (female equivalent seniorka)

  1. doyen, senior (oldest member of the family by age)
    Synonym: nestor
    Antonym: junior
  2. doyen, elder, senior (eldest or most experienced member of a group)
    Synonyms: nestor, patriarcha
  3. senior (athlete of adult age according to the regulations of a given sport discipline)
    Antonym: junior
    Hypernym: sportowiec

senior m pers

  1. Sr. (title used after a father's name when his son is given the same name)
    Antonym: junior
  2. (feudalism, historical) feudal lord exercising power and guardianship over his subordinate vassal
    Antonym: wasal
    Hypernyms: feudał, zwierzchnik
  3. (historical) during the period of the division of Poland into districts, the oldest of the Piasts who exercised supreme power and to whom the other princes ruling the various districts were subordinate
    Hypernym: zwierzchnik
  4. (Protestantism) senior (senior Protestant clergyman)
    Hypernym: duchowny

Borrowed from French senior, itself borrowed from Latin senior.

senior m or n (feminine singular senioră, masculine plural seniori, feminine/neuter plural seniore)

  1. senior
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Borrowed from Latin senior. Doublet of señor.

senior m (plural seniores)

  1. (dated or obsolete) Courtesy vocative used before someone's name, surname or title
    Synonym: señor

Unadapted borrowing from English senior.

senior m or f (masculine and feminine plural seniors)

  1. alternative form of sénior

Borrowed from Latin senior.

senior (comparative mer senior, superlative mest senior)

  1. senior

Inflection of senior

Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular senior mer senior mest senior
neuter singular seniort mer seniort mest seniort
plural seniora mer seniora mest seniora
masculine plural2 seniore mer seniora mest seniora
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 seniore mer seniore mest seniore
all seniora mer seniora mest seniora

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

senior c

  1. (sports) senior (athlete competing in ordinary category for adults)
    Antonyms: junior, oldboy
  2. elderly person, senior citizen