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jr simply means junior such as Martin Luther King Jr. It means a man shares the same name as his father (it is rarely used for women) and is used to distinguish between them. On his father's death a man will usually drop the Jr tag.

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"Jr." stands for Junior, and it is typically used to distinguish between a father and son who have the same name. It indicates that the person is the child or younger of the two individuals who share the same name.

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