minor
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- n a young person of either sex
- a of lesser importance or stature or rank
a minor poet
had a minor part in the play
a minor official
many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen
minor back roads - a lesser in scope or effect
had minor differences
a minor disturbance - a inferior in number or size or amount
a minor share of the profits - a of a scale or mode
the minor keys
in B flat minor - a not of legal age
minor children - a of lesser seriousness or danger
suffered only minor injuries
some minor flooding
a minor tropical disturbance - a of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
- s of the younger of two boys with the same family name
Jones minor - s warranting only temporal punishment
- s limited in size or scope
- Big-league baseball faces a strike and dwindling crowds, but the minors are reinvigorating the game.
- The only minor-party candidate professing a serious attempt upon the electorate is Frank Elbridge Webb, Farmer-Laborite.
- In towns big and small, fans like these are packing in minor-league parks.