Junior
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Junior may refer to
- A child
- A child with the exact same name as a parent (almost always a son and father, e.g., Ken Griffey, Jr.). They are sometimes (incorrectly in American English) also called II, especially if there's a third or fourth with the same name. (There are, however, situations where II is correct and Jr. is incorrect.) See also Suffix (name)
- By convention, the child must have the exact same name as the parent (same first, middle and last name).
- A common nickname in the United States; e.g., a nickname for George W. Bush ("Bush junior")
- A student in the third year at a school, college, or university; see high school junior
- In the British Army, a young recruit from the age of sixteen
- A Latin term meaning younger
- In English law, a barrister who has not attained the rank of Queen's Counsel is referred to as a junior barrister, or sometimes simply a "junior"
- A women's clothing size in US standard clothing size
in sports:
- Atlético Junior, a soccer team from Barranquilla, Colombia.
- A level of association football played in Scotland, differentiated from the Senior level
- Junior hockey
- Deep Junior, a famous chess program
- Junior level figure skating; it comes before the Senior (Olympic) level
specific persons:
- Baseball player Ken Griffey, Jr., nicknamed 'Junior'
- Júnior, a Brazilian football (soccer) player
- Júnior is another Brazilian footballer, whom played with Brazil in the 2002 FIFA World Cup
- Júnior is also another Brazilian footballer, playing in Malmö FF.
- 80's British R&B/pop Singer/songwriter Junior Giscombe known simply as Junior
specific fictional characters:
- In Fraggle Rock, the name of the Gorgs' son
- A character on Reno 911!, Travis Junior, portrayed by Robert Ben Garant
- The name of the child character in the movie Problem Child
- The male lead character from the Xenosaga series
specific fictional works:
- Junior (film), a comedy movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Junior (animation), an animated film
