senior

  • 11Senior — is Latin for elder. Senior can refer to: * A person of old age * A student in the last (usually fourth) year at a college or university * A student in the twelfth grade, in high school. Year 11 and 12 in Australia are called seniors * A suffix… …

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  • 12Senior — »Ältester, Vorsitzender; Sportler einer bestimmten, der Juniorenklasse folgenden Altersstufe«: Das seit dem ausgehenden 17. Jh. bezeugte Fremdwort geht zurück auf lat. senior »älter, bejahrter, reifer; erwachsener Mann (von 45–60 Jahren)«, die… …

    Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • 13Senior — Sen ior, n. 1. A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life. [1913 Webster] 2. One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade. [1913 Webster] 3. An aged person; an older.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 14senior — se·nior / sē nyər/ adj: having higher rank or priority a senior lienholder; specif: having a claim on corporate assets and income prior to other securities Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 15senior — late 13c., from L. senior older, comparative of senex (gen. senis) old, from PIE root *sen (see SENILE (Cf. senile)). Original use in English was as addition to a personal name when father and son had the same name; meaning higher in rank, longer …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 16sênior — adj. 2 g. 1. Mais velho, relativamente a outro (geralmente falando de parentes que têm o mesmo nome). ≠ JÚNIOR • adj. 2 g. s. 2 g. 2.  [Esporte] Diz se de ou categoria de esportistas, de idade variável consoante o esporte, que se segue aos… …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 17sénior — |ó| adj. 2 g. 1. Mais velho, relativamente a outro (geralmente falando de parentes que têm o mesmo nome). ≠ JÚNIOR • adj. 2 g. s. 2 g. 2.  [Esporte] Diz se de ou categoria de esportistas, de idade variável consoante o esporte, que se segue aos… …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 18senior — [adj] older or of higher rank chief, elder, higher, leading, major, more advanced, next higher, superior; concepts 574,578,585,797 Ant. behind, inferior, junior senior [n] older person ancient, doyen, doyenne, elder, elderly person, first born,… …

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  • 19senior — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mos I, Mc. seniororze; lm M. seniororzy {{/stl 8}}{{stl 20}} {{/stl 20}}{{stl 12}}1. {{/stl 12}}{{stl 7}} najstarszy wiekiem mężczyzna w rodzinie lub w rodzie : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Senior rodu. {{/stl 10}}{{stl 20}} {{/stl …

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  • 20senior — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of or relating to a more advanced age. 2) Brit. for or referring to schoolchildren above a certain age, typically eleven. 3) US of the final year at a university or high school. 4) (after a name ) denoting the elder of two with the …

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