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senior

See also: Senior, sénior, and sênior

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, signore, sir, and sire.

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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.

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Noun

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senior (plural seniors)

  1. (now chiefly US) An old person.
    Synonyms: senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person
  2. Someone older than someone else (with possessive). [from 15th c.]
    He was four years her senior.
  3. Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age. [from 14th c.]
  4. (obsolete, biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church. [14th–16th c.]
  5. Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
  6. (US, Philippines) A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist. [from 17th c.]

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an old person — see senior citizen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Latin senior. Doublet of sinjeur and sinjoor.

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senior m (plural senioren or seniors, diminutive senioortje n)

  1. elderly person, senior citizen
    Voor senioren kan een e-bike zowel handig als gevaarlijk zijn. ― An e-bike can be both useful and dangerous to senior citizens.
  2. senior (higher-ranked person, for example in job titles)
    Bij sommige bedrijven word je al na een jaar of vijf als senior gezien. ― At some companies you are regarded as a senior [employee] after as few as five years.

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  • The plural in -en is generally used for the sense "senior citizen", whereas the plural in -s is used for the sense "higher-ranked person".

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  • → Indonesian: senior

French

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Etymology

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

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senior m (plural seniors)

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

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”). Doublet of senyur and sinyo.

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  • IPA(key): [sɛˈniɔr]
  • Hyphenation: sè‧ni‧or

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senior

  1. senior
    1. older; superior
    2. higher in rank, dignity, or office.

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  • (in rank) kanan (Standard Malay)

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Interlingua

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin senior.

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senior (comparative plus senior, superlative le plus senior)

  1. older

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senior (plural seniors)

  1. lord

Latin

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Etymology

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Comparative of senex.

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senior (neuter senius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of senex
    1. older, elder; rather old
      Antonym: iūnior

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Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative senior senius seniōrēs seniōra
Genitive seniōris seniōrum
Dative seniōrī seniōribus
Accusative seniōrem senius seniōrēs seniōra
Ablative seniōre seniōribus
Vocative senior senius seniōrēs seniōra

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senior m (genitive seniōris); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) a lord, sir
    Coordinate term: seniorissa
  2. (Medieval Latin) an abbot
  3. (Medieval Latin) a husband
  4. old person, old man, older person, older man

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative senior seniōrēs
Genitive seniōris seniōrum
Dative seniōrī seniōribus
Accusative seniōrem seniōrēs
Ablative seniōre seniōribus
Vocative senior seniōrēs
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Descendants

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References

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  • “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • senior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • senior in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin senior.

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senior m pers (female equivalent seniorka)

  1. doyen, senior (oldest member of the family by age)
    Synonym: nestor
    Antonym: junior
  2. doyen, elder, senior (eldest or most experienced member of a group)
    Synonyms: nestor, patriarcha
  3. senior (athlete of adult age according to the regulations of a given sport discipline)
    Antonym: junior
    Hypernym: sportowiec

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senior m pers

  1. Sr. (title used after a father's name when his son is given the same name)
    Antonym: junior
  2. (feudalism, historical) feudal lord exercising power and guardianship over his subordinate vassal
    Antonym: wasal
    Hypernyms: feudał, zwierzchnik
  3. (historical) during the period of the division of Poland into districts, the oldest of the Piasts who exercised supreme power and to whom the other princes ruling the various districts were subordinate
    Hypernym: zwierzchnik
  4. (Protestantism) senior (senior Protestant clergyman)
    Hypernym: duchowny

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Declension of senior
singular plural
nominative senior seniorzy/seniory (deprecative)
genitive seniora seniorów
dative seniorowi seniorom
accusative seniora seniorów
instrumental seniorem seniorami
locative seniorze seniorach
vocative seniorze seniorzy

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nouns

Further reading

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  • senior in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • senior in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French senior, itself borrowed from Latin senior.

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senior m or n (feminine singular senioră, masculine plural seniori, feminine and neuter plural seniore)

  1. senior

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Declension of senior
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite senior senioră seniori seniore
definite seniorul seniora seniorii seniorele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite senior seniore seniori seniore
definite seniorului seniorei seniorilor seniorelor

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin senior. Doublet of señor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /seˈnjoɾ/ [seˈnjoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: se‧nior

Noun

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senior m (plural seniores)

  1. senior (clarification of this definition is needed)
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