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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

MINORITY

noun (plural -ties)
Usage: often attributive
Date: 15th century


1. the period before attainment of majority, the state of being a legal minor, the smaller in number of two groups constituting a whole,

3. a part of a population differing from others in some characteristics and often subjected to differential treatment, a member of a minority group