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Superior

/suːˈpɪəɹi.ə(ɹ)/

A person of higher rank or quality.

📖 Definitions of "Superior"

noun
  1. 1

    A person of higher rank or quality.

  2. 2

    The senior person in a monastic community.

  3. 3

    The head of certain churches and colleges.

  4. 4

    One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.

adjective
  1. 1

    Higher in quality.

    "Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch."

  2. 2

    Higher in rank.

  3. 3

    More comprehensive, as a term in classification.

    "A genus is superior to a species."

  4. 4

    Located above.

    "the superior jaw; the superior part of an image"

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