puis·ne /ˈpjuni/
(a.)年少的;下屬的;後的;其次的
Puis·ne a.
1. Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent. [Obs.] “ A puisne date to eternity.”
2. Puny; petty; unskilled. [Obs.]
3. Law Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer.
Puis·ne, n. One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.
It were not a work for puisnes and novices. --Bp. Hall.
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