noun

• (US) A member of an ethnic minority.
  "The company claims it has hired several minorities since the complaint was lodged."
• (sociology) A group of people seen as distinct who are subordinated and discriminated against in a society.
  "But we have seen that one important difference between women and other minorities is that women's attitudes and self-conceptions are conditioned more largely by interaction with both minority and dominant group members"
• (India, euphemistic) A Muslim.

adj

• (relational, attributive) Of or relating to a minority.
  "They hold a minority interest in the company."
• (attributive, politics, of a party, government, etc.) Empowered by or representing a minority (usually a plurality) of votes cast, legislative seats, etc., rather than an outright majority thereof.
  "minority government"