Read the dictionary definition of minor. All definitions for this word.
1. a young person of either sex
1. she writes books for children
2. they're just kids
3. `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
2. have as one's secondary field of study
1. in collee she minored in mathematics
3. relatively moderate, limited, or small
1. a small business
2. a newspaper with a modest circulation
3. small-scale plans
4. a pocket-size country
4. inferior in number or size or amount
1. a minor share of the profits
2. Ursa Minor
5. lesser in scope or effect
1. had minor differences
2. a minor disturbance
6. not of legal age
1. minor children
7. (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
1. the minor keys
2. in B flat minor
8. of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
9. of lesser importance or stature or rank
1. a minor poet
2. had a minor part in the play
3. a minor official
4. many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen
5. minor back roads
10. of lesser seriousness or danger
1. suffered only minor injuries
2. some minor flooding
3. a minor tropical disturbance
11. warranting only temporal punishment
1. venial sin
12. of the younger of two boys with the same family name
1. Jones minor
