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1 minority
kisebbség, kisebbségi, kiskorúság* * *[mi'no-, mæi'no-]noun (a small number; less than half: Only a minority of people live in the countryside; a racial/political minority.) kisebbség -
2 minor
aldetermináns, kiskorú gyermek, moll hangnem, moll a minor: A-moll* * *1. adjective1) (less, or little, in importance, size etc: Always halt when driving from a minor road on to a major road; She has to go into hospital for a minor operation.) kisebb2) ((American) a secondary subject that a student chooses to study at university or college: Her major is in physics, but she has a minor in computer science.)2. verb((American) to study something as a minor subject: He is minoring in French.) melléktantárgyként felvesz3. noun(a person who is not yet legally an adult.) kiskorú- minority- be in the minority -
3 WASP
darázs, ingerlékeny személy, gonosz ötlet* * *[wosp](White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; a term used critically (often by minority groups) to refer to the members of the privileged upper middle class in the USA.) fehér bőrű angolszász származású protestáns- Waspish- waspish
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- waspishness
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