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younger

/ˈjʌŋɡɚ/ adjective A2
  1. Synonym of junior.
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The younger one cuddled down with her head in her sister’s lap.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 33 · C1
Shere Khan was always crossing his path in the jungle, for as Akela grew older and feebler the lame tiger had come to be great friends with the younger wolves of the Pack, who followed him for scraps, a thing Akela would never have allowed if he had dared to push his authority to the proper bounds.
The Jungle Book, p. 15 · B2
I helped look after the Thomas children--there were four of them younger than me--and I can tell you they took a lot of looking after.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 51 · C1
Hurst and Miss Bingley; and though the mother was found to be intolerable, and the younger sisters not worth speaking to, a wish of being better acquainted with _them_ was expressed towards the two eldest.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 21 · B2

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