Usually means: Individuals holding higher rank, authority.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word superiors:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. superiors: Merriam-Webster
  2. superiors: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Superiors, superiors: Vocabulary.com
  4. Superior's, Superiors, superior's, superiors, superiors: Wordnik
  5. superiors: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. superiors: Wiktionary
  7. superiors: Dictionary.com
  8. superiors: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. The Superiors: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. superiors: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. superiors: Legal dictionary

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  1. superiors: Encyclopedia

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  1. superiors: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Superior)

adjective:  Higher in rank, status, or quality.
adjective:  Of high standard or quality.
adjective:  Greater in size or power.
adjective:  (superior to) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
adjective:  Greater or better than average.
adjective:  Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
adjective:  (typography) Printed in superscript.
adjective:  Located above or out; higher in position.
adjective:  (anatomy, medicine) Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
adjective:  (botany) (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
adjective:  (botany) (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
adjective:  (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
adjective:  (botany) (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
adjective:  (taxonomy) More comprehensive.
adjective:  Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
adjective:  (astronomy, of a planet in the Solar System) Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
noun:  A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
noun:  The senior person in a monastic community.
noun:  The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
noun:  (printing) A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
noun:  (Scots law, historical) One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A town in Pinal County, Arizona.
noun:  A statutory town in Boulder County, Colorado.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Raccoon Township, Parke County, Indiana.
noun:  A minor city in Dickinson County, Iowa.
noun:  A township in Chippewa County, Michigan.
noun:  A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
noun:  A town, the county seat of Mineral County, Montana.
noun:  A small city in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
noun:  An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
noun:  A city, village, and civil town in Wisconsin. The city is the county seat of Douglas County.
noun:  A town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
noun:  Synonym of Superia
noun:  Ellipsis of Lake Superior. [A lake in North America; the largest of the Great Lakes and second largest lake and largest freshwater lake in the world by area.]
noun:  Ellipsis of Superior Craton.
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