minority

英 [maɪ'nɒrɪtɪ; mɪ-] 美[maɪ'nɔrəti]

• n. 少数民族；少数派；未成年
• adj. 少数的；属于少数派的

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"

3. any age prior to the legal age