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Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.

nquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost. Job's children junketed and feasted together often. South.

A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England. Burrill.

The office or dignity of a justice. Holland.

The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge. Chaucer. Pan, thou god of shepherds all, Which of our tender lambkins takest keep. Spenser.

as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper. Downing. Keeper of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an officer who had the principal government of all things relating to the forest. -- Keeper of the great seal, a high officer of state, who has custody of the great seal. The office is now united with that of lord chancellor. [Eng.]…

The office or position of a keeper. Carew.

The state, office, or dignity of a king; royalty. Landor.

A clergyman or officer in a kirk. [Scot.]

An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties. Wharton.

y the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office.

Greek words, meaning "Lord, have mercy upon us," used in the Mass, the breviary offices, the litany of the saints, etc. Addis & Arnold.

- Land of steady habits, a nickname sometimes given to the State of Connecticut. -- Land office, a government office in which the entries upon, and sales of, public land are registered, and other business respecting the public lands is transacted. [U.S.] -- Land pike. (Zoöl.) (a) The gray pike, or sauger. (b) The Meno…

The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.

between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage. -- Landing waiter, a customhouse officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels; a landwaiter.

A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.

Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.

olding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.

Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe.

of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.