Junior
Junior adjective - Younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service.
Younger
Younger adjective - Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father.
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- Spinoff Babies: List of younger and junior versions of cartoon characters
Source: We Are Not Alone Index -
Junior of R.O.D the TV is pretty enough that one of the Paper Sisters invites him to be their younger sister, so they can all play Little Women together.
Source: Dude Looks Like a Lady -
In his house, you see a picture of him in his younger days wearing a junior enlisted Navy uniform instead of a Marine officer's uniform.
Source: Series / Fringe
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