Meaning & Definition of Minor in English

1. A young person of either sex

• "She writes books for children"

• "They're just kids"

• "`tiddler' is a british term for youngster"

1. 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"

2. Lesser in scope or effect

• "Had minor differences"

• "A minor disturbance"

3. Inferior in number or size or amount

• "A minor share of the profits"

• "Ursa minor"

4. Of a scale or mode

• "The minor keys"

• "In b flat minor"

5. Not of legal age

• "Minor children"

6. Of lesser seriousness or danger

• "Suffered only minor injuries"

• "Some minor flooding"

• "A minor tropical disturbance"

7. Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

8. Of the younger of two boys with the same family name

• "Jones minor"

9. Warranting only temporal punishment

• "Venial sin"

10. Limited in size or scope

• "A small business"

• "A newspaper with a modest circulation"

• "Small-scale plans"

• "A pocket-size country"