different between senior vs schoolie
senior
English
Alternative forms
- seniour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, sire, and sir.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sinj?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?si?nj?(r)/
- Hyphenation: se?nior
Adjective
senior (comparative more senior, superlative most senior)
- Older; superior
- Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
Synonyms
- (older): geriatric, long in the tooth, on in years; see also Thesaurus:elderly
Antonyms
- junior
Related terms
- senile
- senate
- sir
Translations
Noun
senior (plural seniors)
- (now chiefly US) An old person.
- Synonyms: senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person
- Someone older than someone else (with possessive). [from 15th c.]
- Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age. [from 14th c.]
- (obsolete, biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church. [14th-16th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IV:
- Then Peter full of the holy goost sayd unto them. Ye ruelars of the people, and seniours of israhel [...].
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IV:
- Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- (US) A final-year student at a high school or university. [from 17th c.]
Antonyms
- junior
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- senior in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- senior in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Ireson, Nerios, Serino, irones, nories, nosier, rosein, seroin
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin senior. Doublet of sire, seigneur, and sieur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.nj??/
Noun
senior m (plural seniors)
- (sports) senior (older player)
- elderly person
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”). Doublet of senyur and sinyo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [s??ni?r]
- Hyphenation: sè?ni?or
Adjective
senior
- senior
- older; superior
- higher in rank, dignity, or office.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “senior” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin senior.
Adjective
senior (comparative plus senior, superlative le plus senior)
- older
Noun
senior (plural seniors)
- lord
Latin
Etymology
Comparative of senex.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?se.ni.or/, [?s??ni?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?se.ni.or/, [?s??ni?r]
Adjective
senior (neuter senius, positive senex); third declension
- older, elder; rather old
- Antonym: i?nior
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Noun
senior m (genitive seni?ris); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) a lord, sir
- Coordinate term: seniorissa
- (Medieval Latin) an abbot
- (Medieval Latin) a husband
- old person, old man, older person, older man
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- senior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- senior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- senior in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- senior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- senior in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Anagrams
- ?nser?
- ori?ns
Polish
Etymology
From Latin senior (“older”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?.??r/
Noun
senior m pers (feminine seniorka)
- elder (older person)
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
From French senior.
Adjective
senior m or n (feminine singular senior?, masculine plural seniori, feminine and neuter plural seniore)
- senior
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin senior. Doublet of señor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se?njo?/, [se?njo?]
Noun
senior m (plural seniores)
- senior (clarification of this definition is needed)
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- what senior citizen age
schoolie
English
Alternative forms
- schooly
Etymology
From school +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u?li
Noun
schoolie (plural schoolies)
- (Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.
- 1996, John Cotterell, Social Networks and Social Influences in Adolescence, page 176,
- Known as the Drug Awareness Network, it was able to find funding assistance for its work from the National Drug Education unit. The network devised a programme of activities which was later advertised to intending Schoolies by helpers walking the streets and distributing leafets containing information about forthcoming events.
- 2007, John Chalmers, Byron Bay Taxis and Lunacies, page 78,
- Some of the locals prey on the Schoolies.
- 2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 338,
- If staying in November or December, the place is filled with hundreds of schoolies.
- 2010, Garry Disher, Blood Moon, page 17,
- But the victim in this case had been a schoolie, she?d been assaulted during Schoolies Week, and her attacker might have been a fellow schoolie.
- 1996, John Cotterell, Social Networks and Social Influences in Adolescence, page 176,
- (Australia) A schoolteacher.
- (Britain, military) An education officer.
- 2008, John H. Dunning, Seasons of a Scholar: Some Personal Reflections of an International Business Economist, page 46,
- Arbroath, being a training station for young naval airmen, also housed several ‘schoolies’ (education officers), four of whom lived in an adjacent building to mine. I quickly struck up a close friendship with two of the schoolies, Ron Horner and Vivian Price.
- 2008, John H. Dunning, Seasons of a Scholar: Some Personal Reflections of an International Business Economist, page 46,
- (US, fishing) A juvenile gamefish (especially striped bass) at a stage where it tends to swim with others in schools rather than stay to itself.
- 1997 August, Lawrence Pine, Massachusetts?s Plymouth Rock Bass, Field & Stream, page 94,
- Poppers and Clouser-style flies can produce large numbers of schoolies that average 16 to 24 inches, with a sprinkling of fish from 24 to 28 inches.
- 2003, Larry Larsen, Amazon Peacock Bass Fishing: Top Tactics for Top Locations, page 150,
- Oklahomans Jim Campbell and Gary Tyler caught 123 peacocks (including two teeners) by concentrating on the schoolies with jigs and other small lures that day.
- 2009, Tom Rosenbauer, Nick Lyons, The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing: 101 Tips for the Absolute Beginner, page 88,
- Schoolies tend to concentrate inside harbors and along beaches, often moving far inside tidal creeks and salt ponds.
- 1997 August, Lawrence Pine, Massachusetts?s Plymouth Rock Bass, Field & Stream, page 94,
Synonyms
- (senior school student attending school-leaving celebrations): leaver (Western Australia)
- (schoolteacher):
- (education officer):
- (bass that swims in a school): schoolie bass
Derived terms
- schoolies week
Translations
See also
- toolie
schoolie From the web:
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