younger

younger
/yung"geuhr/, adj.
1. compar. of young.
2. (usually cap.) (used to designate the junior of two related persons bearing the same name): Charles the Younger ruled after his father abdicated.
n.
3. the junior of two persons in age (often used with a possessive pronoun): Her brother is seven years her younger.

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(as used in expressions)
Kieran the Younger
da Sangallo the Younger Antonio Giamberti
Herrera Francisco the Younger
Holbein Hans the Younger
Louis the Younger
Pitt William the Younger
Pompey the Younger
Sir Henry Vane the Younger

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