Senior

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. An old person.
   US
3. Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
4. Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
5. An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
   obsolete
6. Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
7. A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.
   Philippines, US

Equivalents

Examples

“Grave and reverend seniors seemed to have⟳ caught the prevailing spirit as badly as the students, and I saw⟳ white-bearded men rising and shaking their fists at the obdurate Professor.”

“He was four years her senior.”

“Then Peter full of the holy gooſt ſayd vnto them. Ye ruelars of the people / and ſeniours of iſrahel[…].”

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