English

Alternative forms

• Minority Leader

Noun

minority leader ‎(plural minority leaders)

1. (US, federal politics) 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.

See also

• Leader of the Opposition
• majority leader

References

• minority leader at OneLook Dictionary Search