Junior
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junior:
(the opposite word in meaning to ‘junior’ is ‘senior’)
- some juniors
a younger person, e.g. “He is a junior.”;
- a team of juniors
a person younger than the speaker (of less age), e.g. “My cousin is five years my junior.”
a person of a lower rank or position, e.g. “The seniors must guide the juniors in doing their job properly.”;
(related to law & in England) a barrister/lawyer below the rank of ‘Queen’s Counsel’;
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (Junior)
(Often written with a capital ‘J’; shortened form: ‘Jr‘) the son of a man who is given the same name or who is referred to as using the name of the father; (in American English) a reference to a man’s eldest son, e.g. (a visitor asking the son about his father) “Is your father in, junior?”, “Martin Luther King, Jr. was a renowned American human rights activist.”
{Note: ‘junior’ is also used as an informal word of address for rude and annoying person, e.g. “Back off, junior! You don’t know who you’re dealing with.”}
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Mr. Kumar, an English language teacher, having taught in many countries around the world including Ethiopia and Oman shares this English Language Reference website using material that he has written and compiled during the past 20 years.