From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.
Meanings
Older.
senior citizen
Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
senior member; senior counsel
(US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
(Canada, US) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
senior hockey
Synonym of elder.
It is unusual for the senior hand to leave even one of the five cards to which he is entitled. It indicated an unusually strong hand. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
hy ավագ (older) · es anciano (older) · es sénior (higher in rank) · it anziano (older) · mr वरिष्ठ (higher in rank) · sk starší (older) · tr yaşça büyük (older) · sv senior (older) · ru ста́рший (higher in rank) · es experimentado (higher in rank) · el μεγαλύτερος (older) · la senior (older) · es senior (higher in rank) · bg ста́рши (higher in rank) · de älter (older) · es alto cargo (higher in rank) · uk ста́рший (older) · pl starszy (older) · et vanem (older) · be старэ́йшы (older) · pt sénior (older) · ja 年上の (older) · fa-ira مِهْتَر (older) · mi pāhake (older) · es senior (older) · fr aîné (older) · be ста́ршы (older) · hi वरिष्ठ (higher in rank) · it anziana (older) · fi vanhempi (older) · fi vanhempi (higher in rank) · kn ಹಿರಿಯ (older) · ko 더 늙은 (older) · tr kıdemli (higher in rank) · cs starší (older) · ko 늙은 (older) · pt sénior (higher in rank) · el ανώτερος (higher in rank) · es sénior (older) · hi वरिष्ठ (older) · ru ста́рший (older) · uk старі́ший (older) · bg ста́рши (older) · el προϊστάμενος (higher in rank) · ka უფროსი (older)
From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.
Meanings
(US) An old person.
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. 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘Question!’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 77:
Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
He was four years her senior.
Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
(obsolete) An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
Then Peter full of the holy gooſt ſayd vnto them. Ye ruelars of the people / and ſeniours of iſrahel[…]. 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts :[8], folio clviij, recto:
Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
(Philippines, US) A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.
tl kuya (someone older than someone else) · cmn 先輩 /先辈 (someone older than someone else) · es sénior (someone older than someone else) · ru ста́рший (someone older than someone else) · fi vanhempi (someone older than someone else) · pt sénior (someone older than someone else) · tl higtaunan (someone older than someone else) · es senior (someone older than someone else) · fr supérieur (someone older than someone else) · es señor (someone older than someone else) · cmn 前輩 /前辈 (someone older than someone else) · ja 先輩 (someone older than someone else) · ko 선배 (someone older than someone else) · vi tiền bối (someone older than someone else) · pl starszy (someone older than someone else) · ru старшеку́рсник (someone older than someone else) · nl ouderejaars (someone older than someone else) · ru старшекла́ссник (someone older than someone else) · fr ancien (someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age) · ja 年上 (someone older than someone else) · vi đàn anh (someone older than someone else) · th รุ่นพี่ (someone older than someone else) · hy ավագ (someone older than someone else) · es anciano (someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age) · nl senior (someone older than someone else) · tl ate (someone older than someone else) · ka უფროსი (someone older than someone else) · hi वरिष्ठ (someone older than someone else) · pt sênior (someone older than someone else)