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younger

1

[ yuhng-ger ]

adjective

  1. comparative of young.
  2. (usually initial capital letter) (used to designate the junior of two related persons bearing the same name):

    Charles the Younger ruled after his father abdicated.



noun

  1. the junior of two persons in age (often used with a possessive pronoun):

    Her brother is seven years her younger.

Younger

2

[ yuhng-ger ]

noun

  1. Thomas Coleman Cole, 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of younger1

First recorded before 1000; young ( def ) + -er 4( def )
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Example Sentences

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Xi is also aware that China has a disheartened younger generation worried about their future.

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Like his younger brother Jano, the Argentina international himself could have had a career in that sport, but decided instead to follow his father Mario and his older brother Alan and stick with football.

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I can remember being younger and looking at all the bird books and figurines in my gramma’s house, thinking, “’s this lady’s deal with birds?”

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During the tumult, some younger members of the Vietnamese community, already questioning their status on the sidelines of a local political infrastructure that didn’t include them, inserted themselves in the conversation.

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That moment is one she looks back on with immense pride, though it was a photograph of her taken with her younger son that day that would inspire what followed.

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