Minority leader

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    In each of the legislative chambers of the United States Congress—the United States Senate and the House of Representatives—the elected member selected by the members of the political party with the second-largest number of elected members, who serves as principal spokesperson for the members of that party in that chamber and who plays a leading role in creating policies and strategies governing his or her party's business in that chamber. US

    "Jeffries, 52, will assume the role of minority leader when the new Congress is sworn in early next year, inheriting the position held for nearly two decades by Pelosi, a towering figure in Democratic politics who was the first female speaker."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of minority leader. alt-of
  3. 3
    leader of the minority party in a legislature wordnet

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