"I have become something of a senior person," she said.

"We added a very senior person to the partnership and a number of junior people to the firm."

But he refused to do what the senior person told him.

As each senior person died, the others would move up a step.

We address each other with the word bang (senior person).

There may be a senior person at the table to whom the role naturally falls.

My company fired a critical senior person on a project I was assigned to.

A big cheese is a boss or other senior person, particularly in an organization.

"As you are the most senior person present, no one can leave until you do."

In China, guests are generally introduced to the most senior person first.