juniority

English

Etymology

From junior +‎ -ity.

Noun

juniority (countable and uncountable, plural juniorities)

  1. The quality or state of being junior.
    • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 37:
      Had a vast knowledge of the aboriginal tribes; was, in spite of his juniority, the greatest authority on the aboriginal Gullals.

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