Hypertext Webster Gateway: "minority"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Minority \Mi*nor"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Minorities}. [Cf. F.
minorit['e]. See {Minor}, a. & n.]
1. The state of being a minor, or under age.
2. State of being less or small. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
3. The smaller number; -- opposed to {majority}; as, the
minority must be ruled by the majority.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
minority
n 1: a group of people who differ racially or politically from a
larger group of which it is a part
2: being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts;
"when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he
held a minority position" [ant: {majority}]
3: any age prior to the legal age [syn: {nonage}] [ant: {majority}]
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