minors

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A person who is below the age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.“It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen.”
A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.“I became an English minor.”
Determinant of a square submatrix
(British slang) A younger brother (especially at a public school).

To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.“I had so many credit hours of English, I decided to minor in it.”