senior
adjective
[ ˈsiːnɪə ]
• of or for older or more experienced people.
• "senior citizens"
Similar:
older,
elder,
more grown up,
• high or higher in rank or status.
• "he is a senior Finance Ministry official"
senior
noun
• a person who is a specified number of years older than someone else.
• "she was only two years his senior"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘older, older man’, comparative of senex, sen- ‘old man, old’.
