junior member

Newcomer to group

A junior member is someone who holds a lower rank or has less seniority within an organization, profession, or group.

The term implies a hierarchy where experience, tenure, or status determines standing: As a junior member of the firm, she handled the smaller cases.

Junior members typically defer to senior members on important decisions and may have fewer privileges or responsibilities.

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trainee · intern · novice · greenhorn · new hire · underling · freshman · first year · pledge · initiate · subordinate · mentee · cadet · cub reporter · associate · probationer · understudy · fledgling

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seniority/tenure

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Longest-tenured group participant

veteran · old-timer · founding member · charter member · elder

hierarchical rank

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Longest-tenured group participant

ranking member · senior partner · senior associate · senior fellow · elder statesman

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