Word Meaning

Meaning of "puisne" and the crossword clue

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