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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
sen·ior    Audio Help   [seen-yer] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.older or elder (usually designating the older of two men bearing the same name, as a father whose son is named after him, often written as Sr. or sr. following the name): I would like to see the senior Mr. Hansen Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Sr. Compare junior (def. 1).
2.of earlier appointment or admission, as to an office, status, or rank: a senior partner.
3.of higher or the highest rank or standing.
4.(in American schools, colleges, and universities) of or pertaining to students in their final year or to their class.
5.(in certain American colleges and universities) of or pertaining to the final two years of education, during which a student specializes in a certain field of study.
6.of, for, or pertaining to a senior citizen or senior citizens as a group: senior discounts on local bus fares.
7.of earlier date; prior to: His appointment is senior to mine by a year.
8.Finance. having a claim on payments, assets, dividends, or the like prior to other creditors, mortgages, stockholders, etc.
–noun
9.a person who is older than another.
10.a person of higher rank or standing than another, esp. by virtue of longer service.
11.(in the U.S.) a student in the final year at a high school, preparatory school, college, or university.
12.a fellow holding senior rank in a college at an English university.
13.a senior citizen.
14.(initial capital letter) a member of the Girl Scouts from 14 through 17 years of age.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L, equiv. to sen(ex) old, old man + -ior comp. adj. suffix]
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Thesaurus Entries (4 more entries. View all »)
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  senior
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Of greater age than another.
Synonyms:  elder, older
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  senior
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A person who is older than another.
Synonyms:  elder
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  senior
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  An elderly person.
Synonyms:  ancient, elder, golden ager, senior citizen
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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Columbia Electronic EncyclopediaCite This Source


Senior, Nassau, 1790-1864, English economist. A graduate of Oxford, he was called there in 1825 to fill the first chair of political economy in England. In An Outline of the Science of Political Economy (1836) he sought to carry classical economic principles closer to scientific formulation. He also maintained that capital is a productive factor and that interest and profit accrue to the capitalist as a result of his "abstinence" (i.e., saving). Senior served on several commissions to investigate social problems and helped produce the report that was the basis for the poor-law amendment of 1834.

See studies by M. Bowley (1937, repr. 1967) and S. L. Levy (new ed. 1970).

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