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jr.

or Jr.
abbr.
junior
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Adj.1.Jr. - used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his fatherjr. - used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father; "John Junior"; "John Smith, Jr."
junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
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Tyler, Jr., had taken passage for France to join the American Ambulance was a well-known fact, and I had further substantiated by wire to the New York office of the owners, that a Miss La Rue had been booked for passage.
Tyler, Jr., as good a judge of men as his father, had taken him into his friendship, and between the two of them they had turned out a man who would have died for a Tyler as quickly as he would have for his flag.
Thomas Jr. had given a somewhat scornful sniff at first; but when grandma praised his father, the young man thought better of the matter, and regarded the flowers with more respect, as he asked, "Which is for which?"
I 'll learn it!" added Shaw, Jr., with an emphatic gesture which burst the last button off his gloves.
As John Fox, Jr., said, they're our contemporary ancestors.
Tyler, Jr., and Miss La Rue had been missing even longer than he and that no faintest trace of them had been discovered.
Harper, Jr., in a half whisper, "but I'll bet you a new car that I find out."
Baldwin, Jr. was at the time General Manager of the Southern Railroad, and happened to be in Atlanta on that day.
com/Erwin Cagadas Jr. Terrence Jones goes up for a block against June Mar Fajardo.
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