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Definition of Superior

Superior
Superior Su*pe"ri*or, n. 1. One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English. 2. (Eccl.) The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.

Meaning of Superior from wikipedia

- Look up Superior, superior, superiority, or superiorly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Superior may refer to: Superior (hierarchy), something which...
- Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area and the third-largest freshwater lake by volume, holding 10% of the fresh water...
- Superior (/sʊˈpɪr.i.ər/; Ojibwe: Gete-oodenaang) is a city in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. The po****tion was 26,751...
- Superior orders, also known as just following orders or the Nuremberg defense, is a plea in a court of law that a person, whether civilian, military or...
- The Superior Spider-Man is the name of three separate superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics, following Otto Octavius as he becomes Spider-Man...
- University of Wisconsin–Superior (UW–Superior or UWS) is a public liberal arts university in Superior, Wisconsin, United States. UW–Superior grants ****ociate...
- orbit around the Sun. In this situation, the latter planet is said to be superior to the former. In the reference frame of the Earth, where the terms were...
- A superior general or general superior is the leader or head of an 'order' of religious persons (nuns, priests, friars, etc) or, in other words, of a 'religious...
- sometimes referred to as Mother superior. She could be the head of a monastic community or a religious congregation. Superiors of independent monasteries can...
- In neuroanatomy, the superior colliculus (from Latin 'upper hill') is a structure lying on the roof of the mammalian midbrain. In non-mammalian vertebrates...