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younger
1[ yuhng-ger ]
adjective
- comparative of young.
- (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
- 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
- Thomas Coleman Cole, 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of younger1
Example Sentences
Then, when Richard was two years old, his mother died from septicaemia after giving birth to a younger brother.
The source also told the magazine that Williams’ eldest, daughter Matilda, whom she had with late “Brokeback Mountain” co-star Heath Ledger, “has been doting on her younger siblings.”
However, several disappointing meet-ups later, I realized that the men I most hoped to attract were looking for someone 20 to 30 years younger than I am.
The younger Okura and company have been upgrading infrastructure steadily and would like to reopen the motel — perhaps even get the six cottages open in time for the Route 66 centennial in 2026.
Today, its high ceilings and patterned tiled floors remain as relics of a younger Los Angeles.
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