Definition of: minority

(mə·nôr′ə·tē, -nor′-, mī-) noun plural ·ties
1. The smaller in number of two parts or parties: opposed to majority.
2. The state of being a minor; legal infancy.
3. A group comprising less than half of a population and differing from the others and especially from a larger predominant group, as in race, religion, political affiliation, etc.: also minority group. [<F minorité]