Minor meaning

a young person of either sex

“she writes books for children”

“they're just kids”

have as one's secondary field of study

“in collee she minored in mathematics”

of lesser importance or stature or rank

“a minor poet”

“had a minor part in the play”

lesser in scope or effect

“had minor differences”

“a minor disturbance”

inferior in number or size or amount

“a minor share of the profits”

“Ursa Minor”

(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”

“in B flat minor”

not of legal age

“minor children”

of lesser seriousness or danger

“suffered only minor injuries”

“some minor flooding”

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”

“a newspaper with a modest circulation”