senior sophister

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life. [1913 Webster]

2.One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade. [1913 Webster]

3.An aged person; an older. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Each village senior paused to scan, And speak the lovely caravan.— Emerson.[1913 Webster]

4.One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary. [1913 Webster]