Meaning of senior in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• An old person.

• Someone older than someone else (with possessive).

  Example: He was four years her senior.

• Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.

• An elder or presbyter in the early Church.

• Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.

• A final-year student at a high school or university.

adjective

• Older; superior

  Example: senior citizen

• Higher in rank, dignity, or office.

  Example: senior member; senior counsel

• Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.