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senior
[ seen-yer ]
adjective
- older or elder (designating the older of two men bearing the same name, as a father whose son is named after him, often written as Sr. or sr. following the name): Compare junior ( def 1 ).
I'd like to speak with the senior Mr. Hansen, please.
I'm privileged to introduce Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Sr.
- of earlier appointment or admission, as to an office, status, or rank:
a senior partner.
- of higher or the highest rank or standing.
- (in American schools, colleges, and universities) of or relating to students in their final year or to their class.
- (in certain American colleges and universities) of or relating to the final two years of education, during which a student specializes in a certain field of study.
- of, for, or pertaining to a senior citizen or senior citizens as a group:
senior discounts on local bus fares.
- of earlier date; prior to:
His appointment is senior to mine by a year.
- Finance. having a claim on payments, assets, dividends, or the like prior to other creditors, mortgages, stockholders, etc.
noun
- a person who is older than another.
- a person of higher rank or standing than another, especially by virtue of longer service.
- (in the U.S.) a student in the final year at a high school, preparatory school, college, or university.
- a fellow holding senior rank in a college at an English university.
- (initial capital letter) a member of the Girl Scouts from 14 through 17 years of age.
senior
1/ ˈːə /
adjective
- higher in rank or length of service
- older in years
senior citizens
- of or relating to adulthood, maturity, or old age
senior privileges
- education
- of, relating to, or designating more advanced or older pupils
- of or relating to a secondary school
- of, relating to, or designating students in the fourth and final year at college
noun
- a senior person
- an elderly person
- a senior pupil, student, etc
- a fellow of senior rank in an English university
Senior
2/ ˈːə /
adjective
- being the older: used to distinguish the father from the son with the same first name or names AbbreviationSrSen
Charles Parker, Senior
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of senior1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of senior1
Example Sentences
Arturo Rocha, a former senior migration official in the Mexican government, said major questions remain about how, exactly, Mexico is collaborating with U.S. immigration officials and how it will care for migrants returned here.
They were “designed to mitigate liability for Border Patrol senior management and to present Border Patrol in the best possible light,” Wong wrote.
Tony Wilmott, a senior archaeologist for Historic England, said Sycamore Gap got its name in the 1980s from the tree in the cleft of the wall.
In a recent leaked Signal chat with other senior officials, and giving details of planned US strikes, Hegseth referred to Europe as "freeloaders" and called their response "pathetic".
Michael Lewis, a senior paramedic for the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, was called after Elise was found unresponsive.
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