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minority leader

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables
mi-nor-i-ty lead-er
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In each of the legislative chambers of the United States Congress—the United States Senate and the House of Representatives—the elected member selected by the members of the political party with the second-largest number of elected members, who serves as principal spokesperson for the members of that party in that chamber and who plays a leading role in creating policies and strategies governing his or her party's business in that chamber.

American usage

noun

Alternative letter-case form of minority leader.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

minority leaders (plural)

Phrases

Leader of the Opposition majority leader

Frequently Paired Words

Leader of the Opposition majority leader

Questions

What does minority leader mean?
In each of the legislative chambers of the United States Congress—the United States Senate and the House of Representatives—the elected member selected by the members of the political party with the second-largest number of elected members, who serves as principal spokesperson for the members of that party in that chamber and who plays a leading role in creating policies and strategies governing his or her party's business in that chamber.

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