senior

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
  2. noun a person who is older than you are
  3. adjective older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service

Etymology

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.

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