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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