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| assistant |
a person holding a secondary or junior position in an office or organization. [1/2 definitions] |
| asst. |
abbreviation of "assistant," a person holding a secondary or junior position in an office or organization. |
| backbencher |
a junior legislator, esp. in Great Britain's House of Commons, who is not one of his or her party's leaders. |
| brownie |
(capital) a member of the junior division of the Girl Scouts. [1/3 definitions] |
| community college |
a junior college primarily serving, and often funded by, its local community. |
| Cub Scout |
a member of the junior section of the Boy Scouts of America. Boys between ages eight and eleven can be Cub Scouts. |
| finishing school |
a private school at the secondary or junior college level for the training of young women, esp. in the social graces and accomplishments appropriate to polite society. |
| jayvee |
(informal) a player on a junior varsity sports team; JV. |
| JC |
abbreviation of "junior college," an educational institution that offers a two-year program equivalent to the first two years at a four-year college and that confers an associate degree or certificate. |
| jg |
abbreviation of "junior grade." |
| Jr. |
abbreviation of "Junior," used after a male person's name when he has the same first and last name as his father |
| junior |
used as a name or after a name, when a person's name is the same as his father's name. "Junior" is written "Jr." [1/2 definitions] |
| junior high school |
a school before high school in the United States. Junior high school usually includes grades seven, eight, and nine. Another name for junior high school is middle school. |
| JV |
abbreviation of "junior varsity," an athletic team that represents a school, college, or the like at a level below varsity; jayvee. |
| secondary school |
a school that is intermediate between elementary school and college; junior high school or high school. |
| upperclassman |
a member of the junior or senior class in a high school, college, or university. |
| young |
being less old, esp. than a person having the same name; junior. [1/7 definitions] |
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