minority leader

noun

: the leader of the minority party in a legislative body

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Upon introducing the change in his political decision-making, the audience audibly booed the U.S. Senate minority leader. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025 Madigan, 82, was first elected to the House in 1970 and rose to become its minority leader a decade later. Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025 Half of the members did not attend the initial vote in January, and then challenged Staten Island Councilman David Carr’s election to the minority leader role on the basis that the meeting had not reached a quorum. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025 The top Michigan House Republican spent two years as minority leader before the promotion. Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Feb. 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 25 Mar. 2025.

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