1. : inferior in importance, size, or degree : comparatively unimportant. a minor artist. 2. : not having reached majority (see majority sense 2) He is the father of minor children. 3. a. : having half steps between the second and third, the fifth and sixth, and sometimes the seventh and eighth degrees. More @Wikipedia
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