Definition of Junior-grade

1. Adjective. Inferior in rank or status. "A subordinate functionary"

Exact synonyms: Lower-ranking, Lowly, Petty, Secondary, Subaltern
Similar to: Junior
Derivative terms: Pettiness, Subaltern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Junior-grade

junglelike
jungles
jungli
junglier
jungliest
junglis
junglism
junglist
junglists
jungly
jungyo
junin virus
junior
junior(a)
junior-college
junior-grade (current term)
junior bridesmaid
junior college
junior colleges
junior featherweight
junior high
junior high school
junior high schools
junior highs
junior homonym
junior lightweight
junior middleweight
junior minister
junior miss

Literary usage of Junior-grade

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1920)
"LEHMAN, RAYMOND G., promoted lieutenant, USA, Oct. 1, 1919. LEVENTHAL, LEWIS F., promoted lieutenant (junior grade), for temporary service, USN, Sept. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"1067) to a lieutenant, junior grade ... 1899, until the 8th day of September, 1900, was a lieutenant, junior grade, in the Navy, and an aid to Rear Admiral ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1891)
"2, second junior grade The church catechism completed, 31 p. ; No. 8, third junior grade, Life of Christ in the words of the Gospels, 35 p. ; No. ..."

4. Compiled Statutes of the United States, 1913: Embracing the Statutes of the by United States, John Allan Mallory (1914)
"... and the masters now on the list shall constitute a junior grade of, andx be commissioned as, lieutenants, having the same rank and pay as now provided ..."

5. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States, of by United States, Edward Thompson Company (1918)
"Such acting lieutenants (junior grade) and acting first lieutenants may elect ... Acting lieutenants (junior grade) of the line of the Navy for aeronautic ..."

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