minority
noun
[ mʌɪˈnɒrɪti ]
• the smaller number or part, especially a number or part representing less than half of the whole.
• "only a minority of properties are rented"
• the state or period of being under the age of full legal responsibility.
• "intrigues between factions striving to make the king their puppet continued throughout his minority"
Origin:
late 15th century (in minority (sense 2)): from French minorité or medieval Latin minoritas, from Latin minor ‘smaller’ (see minor).
