minority leader

noun

: the leader of the minority party in a legislative body

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As minority leader, Caldwell will steer an at-times fractious caucus whose members are outnumbered nearly 2-to-1 by their Democratic colleagues. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025 Assemblymember James Gallagher, who stepped down as that chamber’s minority leader this week, has chipped in about $7,800. Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025 This didn’t sit too well with James Gallagher, the minority leader of California’s Assembly. Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025 Party leaders like Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer have decried the OBBB on the basis of the power--cost issue, and ads are on the air on this issue in some contested districts across the country. Justin Worland, Time, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for minority leader

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First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of minority leader was in 1909

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“Minority leader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minority%20leader. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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