[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

minor \mi"nor\ mimac"n~er, a. l., a comparative with no
   positive; akin to as. min small, g. minder less, ohg.
   minniro, a., min, adv., icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., goth.
   minniza, a., mins, adv., ir.  gael. min small, tender, l.
   minuere to lessen, gr. miny`qein, skr. mi to damage. cf.
   minish, minister, minus, minute.
   1913 webster
   1. inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller;
      of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
      1913 webster

   2. mus. less by a semitone in interval or difference of
      pitch; as, a minor third.
      1913 webster

   asia minor geog., the lesser asia; that part of asia
      which lies between the euxine, or black sea, on the north,
      and the mediterranean on the south.

   minor mode mus., that mode, or scale, in which the third
      and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn
      subjects.

   minor orders eccl., the rank of persons employed in
      ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as
      doorkeepers, acolytes, etc.

   minor scale mus. the form of the minor scale is various.
      the strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor,
      with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which
      involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones,
      between the sixth and seventh, as, 6/f, 7/gsharp, 8/a.
      but, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh
      are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in
      the descending, scale, thus: 
      1913 webster
      1913 webster see major.

   minor term of a syllogism logic, the subject of the
      conclusion.
      1913 webster
see also:
minish minister minus minute asia minor minor mode 
minor orders minor scale major minor term of a syllogism 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

minor \mi"nor\, n.
   1. a person of either sex who has not attained the age at
      which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in
      england and the united states, one under twenty-one years
      of age.
      1913 webster

   note: in hereditary monarchies, the minority of a sovereign
         ends at an earlier age than of a subject. the minority
         of a sovereign of great britain ends upon the
         completion of the eighteenth year of his age.
         1913 webster

   2. logic the minor term, that is, the subject of the
      conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise
      which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms,
      the categorical premise. it is the second proposition of a
      regular syllogism, as in the following: every act of
      injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another
      by gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of
      money from another by gaming partakes of meanness.
      1913 webster

   3. a minorite; a franciscan friar.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

minor
     adj 1: of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet";
            "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official";
            "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen";
            "minor back roads" ant: major
     2: lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor
        disturbance" ant: major
     3: inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the
        profits"; "ursa minor" ant: major
     4: of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in b flat minor"
        ant: major
     5: not of legal age; "minor children" syn: nonaged, underage
        ant: major
     6: of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor
        injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical
        disturbance" ant: major
     7: of your secondary field of academic concentration or
        specialization ant: major
     8: of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "jones
        minor" syn: minorip
     9: warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin" syn: venial
     10: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper
         with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a
         pocket-size country" syn: modest, small, small-scale,
          pocket-size, pocket-sized
     n : a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
         children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a british
         term for youngsters" syn: child, kid, youngster, shaver,
          nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry,
          nestling
see also:
major nonaged underage minorip venial modest 
small small-scale pocket-size pocket-sized child 
kid youngster shaver nipper small fry 
tiddler tike tyke fry nestling 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

178 moby thesaurus words for "minor":
   academic specialty, adolescent, area, average, baby, back-burner,
   boy, budding, callow, casual, child, classical education, common,
   core curriculum, course, course of study, curriculum, demeaning,
   dependent, dewy, dinky, disadvantaged, discipline, dispensable,
   dominant, elective, fair, field, fledgling, general education,
   general studies, girl, green, growing, hopeful, humanities, humble,
   immaterial, immature, impubic, in the shade, inappreciable,
   inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, inessential,
   inexperienced, infant, inferior, infra dig, ingenuous, innocent,
   insignificant, intact, irrelevant, juicy, junior, juvenal,
   juvenile, key, key signature, keynote, lad, laddie, lass, lassie,
   less, lesser, liberal arts, light, little, low, lower, lowly,
   major, major key, mediant, mediocre, medium, middling, minute,
   modest, naive, negligible, new-fledged, nonessential, not vital,
   obscure, one-horse, ordinary, paltry, pedal point, petit, petty,
   picayune, piddling, proseminar, pubescent, quadrivium, raw,
   refresher course, ripening, sapling, sappy, schoolboy, schoolgirl,
   scientific education, second rank, second string, second-rate,
   secondary, seminar, servile, shoestring, slight, slip, small,
   small-beer, small-fry, small-time, smaller, specialty, sprig,
   stripling, study, sub, subaltern, subdiscipline, subdominant,
   subject, submediant, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary,
   subtonic, supertonic, technical, technical education, teenager,
   teener, teenybopper, tender, third rank, third string, tonality,
   tonic, tonic key, trifling, trivial, trivium, two-bit, unadult,
   underage, underprivileged, undeveloped, undistinguished,
   unessential, unfledged, unformed, unimportant, unimpressive,
   unlicked, unmellowed, unnoteworthy, unnoticeable, unripe,
   unseasoned, vernal, virginal, vulgar, ward, young hopeful,
   young person, younger, youngest, youngling, youngster, youth

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

minor, persons. one under the age of twenty-one years, while in a state of 
infancy; one who has not attained the age of a major. the terms major and 
minor, are more particularly used in the civil law. the common law terms are 
adult and infant. see infant. 

[6] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

minor, adj.  less objectionable.

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

minor, al cdp, fips 49072
  location: 33.52530 n, 86.94761 w
  population 1990: 3313 1349 housing units
  area: 8.2 sq km land, 0.1 sq km water

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

minor, al -- u.s. census designated place in alabama
   population 2000:    1116
   housing units 2000: 471
   land area 2000:     0.694337 sq. miles 1.798324 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.694337 sq. miles 1.798324 sq. km
   fips code:            49072
   located within:       alabama al, fips 01
   location:             33.539656 n, 86.940000 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    minor, al
    minor

Minor >> M Words
Minor, definition of term: Minor
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Minor Premise >> M Words
Minor Premise, definition of term: Minor Premise
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Ursa Minor >> U Words
Ursa Minor, definition of term: Ursa Minor
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Asia Minor >> A Words
Asia Minor, definition of term: Asia Minor
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