minority leader

noun

: the leader of the minority party in a legislative body

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Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, both of New York, praised Mamdani after his apparent primary win. Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 28 June 2025 The House and Senate minority leaders, Vincent J. Candelora of North Branford and Stephen Harding of Brookfield, said unsuccessful GOP efforts to block tax hikes on corporations would have been aided by the knowledge that revenues already were on the rise. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025 Go behind-the-scenes with two former Senate majority and minority leaders to get the real scuttlebutt on the political temperature and infighting in Washington. The Hill, 11 June 2025 Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic minority leader, tried and failed on Wednesday to pass a bill in the Senate that would ban the use of a foreign jet as Air Force One. Eric Lipton, New York Times, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for minority leader

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 19 Jul. 2025.

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