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seniour

seniour is the obsolete form of senior.

Meaning of senior

Noun

senior (plural seniors)

  1. (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
  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) 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
  5. Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
    Synonyms:
    elder
  6. (Philippines, US) A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.

See all 12 meanings of senior

Forms of seniour

pluralseniours

Questions about seniour

What is seniour the obsolete form of?
Seniour is the obsolete form of senior.

Words near seniour in the dictionary

  1. seniorpreneur
  2. seniorpreneurs
  3. seniors
  4. seniorship
  5. seniory
  6. seniour
  7. seniours
  8. seniti
  9. senitis
  10. Senj
  11. Senja

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