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Meaning of minors

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

minors

noun

Definitions

  1. A person who is below the age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.

    Example: It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen.

  2. A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.

    Example: I became an English minor.

  3. Determinant of a square submatrix

  4. (British slang) A younger brother (especially at a public school).

verb

Definitions

  1. To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.

    Example: I had so many credit hours of English, I decided to minor in it.