senior
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Older.
senior citizen
- 2.
Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
senior member; senior counsel
- 3.
(US)Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
- 4.
(Canada, US)(sports, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
senior hockey
- 5.
(card games) Synonym of elder.
1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados 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.
Đồng nghĩa: elder
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(US)(now chiefly US) An old person.
Đồng nghĩa: senior citizen, ager, antique, badge-cove, cheeser, coffin dodger, crinkly, eld, elder, elderly, geriatric, genarian, geezer, grayhead, greyhead, hoarhead, mzee, old, no spring chicken, old timer, old-timer, oldtimer, older adult, oldie, oldster, senior, senior citizen, silver top, twirly, weazen, wrinkly
- 2.
Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
He was four years her senior.
- 3.
Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
- 4.
(obsolete)(obsolete, biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
- 5.
Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- 6.
(Philippines, US)A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.
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ine sénos From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (older), comparative form of senex (old); see senate. seigneur seignior senhor señor senyor signore sir sire.