Dictionary definition · minor
noun
- a young person of either sex"she writes books for children"
verb
- have as one's secondary field of study"in college she minored in mathematics"
adjective
- of lesser importance or stature or rank"a minor poet"
- lesser in scope or effect"had minor differences"
- inferior in number or size or amount"a minor share of the profits"
- (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees"the minor keys"
- not of legal age"minor children"
- of lesser seriousness or danger"suffered only minor injuries"
- of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
- of the younger of two boys with the same family name"Jones minor"
- warranting only temporal punishment"venial sin"
- relatively moderate, limited, or small"a small business"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).