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Words related to minority
mi·nor·i·ty
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minority group
minority (defs 3, 4). -
minority leader
the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress. -
quota system
a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year. -
regency
the office, jurisdiction, or control of a regent or body of regents exercising the ruling power during the minority, absence, or disability of a sovereign. -
regent
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign. -
anne of austria
1601–66, wife of Louis XIII of France and daughter of Philip III of Spain: regent of France (1643–61) for her son Louis XIV