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Pronunciation : Sen"ior
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]
Definition : 1. More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.

2. Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sen"ior
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life.

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

3. An aged person; an older. Dryden. Each village senior paused to scan, And speak the lovely caravan. Emerson.

4. 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913