Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance
of minor importance
A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
No, he can't get a mortgage or sell the house. He's still a minor. For the most part, he can't sign a legally binding contract.
A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.
A surname.
From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cogn...
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He plays in the minors.
Ellipsis of minor interval, minor scale, minor mode, minor key, minor chord, or minor triad.