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Word entry · 6 letters

junior

Best crossword clue

"Younger in rank"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒuːniə/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted ijnoruStarts with JEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Younger, lower in rank, or in a next-to-final school year.

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile.

Used in a sentence

  • There she is: Lady Margaret Hall, eight years junior to me, exhibitioner where I was top scholar, and reading French. (Not veterinary science.)
  • A handbook for junior golfers covering a wide range of golfing instruction and information with over 250 photographs of juniors learning, playing, practicing and enjoying the game of golf.
  • Though our first Studies and junior Endeavours may stile us Peripateticks, Stoicks, or Academicks, yet I perceive the wisest Heads prove at last, almost all Scepticks […]

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