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senior

/ˈsinjɚ/ adjective A2
  1. Older. · senior citizen
  2. Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior. · senior member; senior counsel
  3. Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university. (US)
  4. Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience. (US) · senior hockey
  5. Synonym of elder.
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The cubs tumbled over each other in the center of the circle where their mothers and fathers sat, and now and again a senior wolf would go quietly up to a cub, look at him carefully, and return to his place on noiseless feet.
The Jungle Book, p. 8 · B2
That evening Miss Barry gave Diana a silver bangle bracelet and told the senior members of the household that she had unpacked her valise.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 157 · C1
“The senior clerk and draughtsman, Mr.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 10 · B2
Sidney Johnson, the senior clerk.”
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 10 · B2

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