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junior varsity, n. and a. N. Amer. Sport.
Brit. |ˌdʒuːnɪə ˈvɑːsɪti|, U.S. |ˈdʒunjər ˈvɑrsədi|
Forms: 19– junior varsity, 19– junior 'varsity [Also with capital initial(s).]
[‹ junior adj. + varsity n.]
A. n. The second highest classification of school or university sport, ranking after first or varsity; a team having this classification. Also in extended use.
1902Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 15 Feb. 7/2 The title of the contest, known as the second varsity, has been changed to the junior varsity. 1902Brooklyn Daily Eagle 2 Mar. (News Cable section) 5/6 No man who has earned his ‘C’ in the navy..will be eligible for the junior 'varsity this year. 1963Science 12 July 141/2 There has been speculation that the vehicle was either unreliable or being handled by the junior varsity. NASA officials deny both theories. 1994Washington Post 24 Aug. c3/3 In between the two-a-day practices with the junior varsity last year he often spent most of his time joking around with friends. 2003Virginia Q. Rev. 79 163 They..do still take us Southerners..to be at best a kind of literary junior varsity.
B. adj. Of, designating, or relating to the junior varsity. Also in extended use: second-string, small-time (cf. minor league adj.).
1902N.Y. Times 27 Feb. 10/4 Because of Cornell's objection to rowing over the Harlem River course for the junior 'Varsity race on May 30,..the contest shall be held on the Schuykill River at Philadelphia. 1946N.Y. Times 31 Mar. iv. 4/1 Moscow's varsity team..were already back in the Kremlin attending Supreme Soviet meetings. Nevertheless, British and American officers reported that..no reflection of crisis appear[ed] to be mirrored in their deliberations with the junior varsity team. 1985P. W. Cookson & C. H. Persell Preparing for Power iv. 78 An athletically powerful prep school will field varsity, junior varsity, and third-string teams in most major sports. 2002A. Davies Frog King 81 When you're as junior varsity as I am..that's a connection too valuable to pass up. |