Puisne

Definition:

  • (a.) Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent.
  • (a.) Puny; petty; unskilled.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (n.) One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.

Compare puisne with other words:

puisne vs. puisny

puisne vs. puny

petit vs. puisne

puisne vs. subsequent

justice vs. puisne