Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SU-PE'RI-OR, n.

1. One who is more advanced in age. Old persons or elders are the superiors of the young.
2. One who is more elevated in rank or office.
3. One who surpasses others in dignity, excellence or qualities of any kind. As a writer of pure English, Addison has no superior.
4. The chief of a monastery, convent or abbey.