senior

Alternative forms

• seniour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsinjɚ/

Adjective

senior (comparative more senior, superlative most senior)

1. Older; superior

   senior citizen

2. Higher in rank, dignity, or office.

   senior member; senior counsel

3. (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.

Noun

senior (plural seniors)

1. An old person.
2. Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age. [from 14th c.]
3. (obsolete, biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church. [14th-16th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IV:

     Then Peter full of the holy goost sayd unto them. Ye ruelars of the people, and seniours of israhel [...].

4. Someone older than someone else (with possessive). [from 15th c.]

   He was four years her senior.

5. (US) A final-year student at a high school or university. [from 17th c.]

Further reading

• senior in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• senior in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Nerios, Serino, nories, nosier, rosein

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.njɔʁ/

Noun

senior m (plural seniors)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin senior.

Adjective

senior (comparative plus senior, superlative le plus senior)

1. older

Noun

senior (plural seniors)

1. lord

Etymology

Comparative of senex.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ni.or/, [ˈsɛ.ni.ɔr]

Adjective

senior (neuter senius); third declension

1. older, elder; rather old

References

• senior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• senior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• senior in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• senior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• senior in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin senior (“older”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɲɔr/

Noun

senior m pers

1. elder (older person)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin senior. Doublet of señor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈnjoɾ/

Noun

senior m (plural seniores)

1. senior