A group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live.

(Canada) A visually recognizable racial group, excluding aboriginal peoples, whose members constitute less than half of a population; an individual member of such a group.

A committee report written by at least two committee members to state their official position on an issue, when those members are in the minority on that issue (not necessarily in the political minority party).

plural of minority language

(sociolinguistics) A language spoken by a minority of the population of a territory.

plural of Minority Leader

plural of minority council

plural of minority leader

plural of minority cabinet

(US, federal politics) In each of the legislative chambers of the United States Congress—the United States Senate and the House of Representatives—the elected member selected by the members of the political party with the second-largest number of elected members, who serves as principal spokesperson for the members of that party in that chamber and who plays a leading role in creating policies and strategies governing his or her party's business in that chamber.