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Minor means "not important", and in Latin "smaller". It may also may refer to an underage child and:
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- Kyle Minor, American writer
- William Chester Minor, 19th century American contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary
- Roman children repeated the names of the parents or the elder siblings, and minor refers to the next one.
- Agrippina Minor, mother of Emperor Nero, named after her mother Agrippina the Elder
- Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony, named after her older sister Antonia Major
- Octavia Minor, wife of Mark Antony and sister of Emperor Augustus, named after her sister Octavia Major
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[edit] Other uses
- Minor (law), the legal term for a child
- Academic minor, a secondary focus of a Bachelor's degree, the primary focus being an academic major
- Morris Minor, a classic British post-war car design
- Jawa Minor and Aero Minor, classic Czech car models developed and produced by Jawa Motors between 1933 and 1951
- Minor, Alabama, in the United States
- Minor Theater, an original 1913 feature movie theater building still functioning as a theater in Arcata, California
- Fort Minor, a hip-hop side-project of Mike Shinoda