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Junior
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junior júnior
English
Etymology
From en junior.
The town in West Virginia was established on November 13, 1897, and named after Henry G. Davis Jr. (1871–1896), a son of United States Senator from West Virginia Henry G. Davis (1823–1916) who had been drowned at sea off the Atlantic Coast of South Africa while returning home on the steamship Munkesenton.
Proper noun
en town co/Barbour County s/West Virginia c/US.
en male from a nickname for someone with the title Jr. (junior).
Used as a generic name for a son.
4 October 2005 John Tierney What To Do When Junior Wants To Be Technologically Enhanced https://web.archive.org/web/20191001100623/https://tierneyoped.blogs.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/what-to-do-when-junior-wants-to-be-technologically-enhanced/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Opinion&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body How far would you go with your own child? How far would you want to permit others to go with theirs?
en 12 June 2010 Ron Mikulak Dining calendar: Father’s Day dining specials The Courier Journal metro Louisville, Ky. “Scene” section 16 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/181614204/ 4 1930-2177 6637888 It’s Dad’s day; let Junior pick up the tab.
en 3 September 2015 Dawn Gagnon Castine suffers water shortage: Town buying from Bucksport w:Bangor Daily News state Bangor, Me. Bangor Publishing Co. B2 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1144914990/ 2 0892-8738 8818350 He Jimmy Goodson also passed along some water-saving tips to customers from residents Ingrid and Doug Scott. “If it’s yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown, flush it down. Urine is a sterile liquid and the toilet is not there for the purpose of Fido getting a drink or Junior floating his rubber ducky,” the couple said.
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Junior, West Virginia
en eponyms
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :der en:Junior + 1
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb male English
Quotations
ceb
German
de:
Etymology
de
Pronunciation
de De-Junior.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
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de name affix or age class in sports or (often jocular) son junior
Declension
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