minority leader

noun

: the leader of the minority party in a legislative body

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Navarro declared her focus now is on helping House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) become Speaker of the House in 2026. Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2025 Hakeem Jeffries Mike Johnson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Brian Fitzpatrick Answer: The House minority leader excoriated Republicans during his lengthy floor speech. Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 5 July 2025 The House minority leader is holding the House floor in a speech that has already run for more than six hours, delaying what Republican leaders hoped would be a quick march to the final vote on Thursday. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025 When Sexton took to the Tennessee House floor in April 2014, his colleagues showed him deference because of his banking experience, said former Rep. Craig Fitzhugh, a rural West Tennessee Democrat and the minority leader at the time, who sponsored the original payday lending legislation in 1997. Adam Friedman, ProPublica, 26 June 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 21 Jul. 2025.

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