Definition of "junior"

Far less likely to intimidate your junior genealogist is the Internet, with its databases, message and bulletin boards, online collections, and more. Now is also the time to introduce your children to older relatives, who can be valuable resources and provide precious information.

2003, Karen Frisch, Creating Junior Genealogists

Humorous books for junior readers are often ignored by the critical community, due, in part, to what Milner Davis describes as a “conventional bias against comic genres” (1996: 101), and I consider this a serious oversight within the field of children's literature.

2010, Julie Cross, Humor in Contemporary Junior Literature, page 1

There she is: Lady Margaret Hall, eight years junior to me, exhibitioner where I was top scholar, and reading French. (Not veterinary science.)

2011, Julian Barnes, Knowing French (Storycuts)

A handbook for junior golfers covering a wide range of golfing instruction and information with over 250 photographs of juniors learning, playing, practicing and enjoying the game of golf.

2012, Junior Golf in Pictures: The Junior Golfer's Handbook

Instead of going to the unit I walked in the opposite direction towards the medicine lecture room with various thoughts going through my mind — most of them were positive as this was a great opportunity to practise what I had learnt so far and should have a good impact on students who were 3–4 years junior to me and not known to me.

2013, Krishna Mohan Mishra, Me and Medicine, page 111

Though our first Studies and junior Endeavours may stile us Peripateticks, Stoicks, or Academicks, yet I perceive the wisest Heads prove at last, almost all Scepticks […]

1642, Tho, published 1656

Miss Mitchell would certainly be most relieved to have a monitress who was capable of organising the juniors at games.

1922, Angela Brazil, Monitress Merle

The last man I met who was at school with me, though some years my junior, had a long white beard and no teeth.

1939, P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the Springtime