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Minor

adjective

1.

Of lesser importance or stature or rank. "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. "A minor disturbance"

3.

Inferior in number or size or amount. "Ursa Minor"

4.

Of a scale or mode. "In B flat minor"

5.

Not of legal age. Synonyms: nonaged, underage.

6.

Of lesser seriousness or danger. "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.

9.

Warranting only temporal punishment. Synonym: venial.

10.

Limited in size or scope. Synonyms: modest, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small, small-scale. "A newspaper with a modest circulation" , "Small-scale plans" , "A pocket-size country"

noun

1.

A young person of either sex. Synonyms: child, fry, kid, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster. "They're just kids" , "'tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

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"Minor" Quotes from Famous Books

... temple? he said, It was universally believed so.—Being asked, What account was given of them? he said, He cannot tell; everything remained in the possession of the Nabob.—Being asked, What became of the children and women of the family of the prince of that country? he said, The Rajah was a minor; the government was in the hands of the Ranny, his mother: from general report he has heard they were carried to Trichinopoly, and placed in confinement there.—Being asked, Whether he perceived any difference in the face of the Carnatic when he first knew it and when he last knew it? he said, ...

— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. III. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

... amount of business ever had been done in this calaboose, for minor infractions of the law were not troubled with in that town. If there ever was anybody left over from a shooting he usually went along about his business or his pleasure until the coroner's jury assembled and let him off. ...

— Trail's End • George W. Ogden

... day in going over the airship, making some minor repairs to it, and polishing and oiling the mechanism of the searchlight, to have it in the best ...

— Tom Swift and his Great Searchlight • Victor Appleton

... a few minor chances she ought to have," said Coombe. "A governess is one. Mademoiselle Valle will ...

— The Head of the House of Coombe • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... qu penits toto discluditur orbe, Angulus orbis erat, paruus & orbis erat. Nunc cm sepositos alios detexent orbes, Maximus orbis honos, Orbis & orbis erit. At quid Haklute tibi monstranti hc debeat orbis? Laus tua, crede mihi, non erit orbe minor. ...

— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries - of the English Nation, v. 1, Northern Europe • Richard Hakluyt

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