MINOR
ADJECTIVES
► BUSH-LEAGUE inferior, minor, unsophisticated → N. Amer. colloq.
► SMALL FRY minor, unimportant → 1828
NOUNS – PERSON
► QUAIL a girl under the legal age of consent → 1976 US sl.
► WARD a minor under the control of a guardian → 1433
► WARD IN CHANCERY a minor for whom a guardian has been appointed by the Court of Chancery or who has become directly subject to the authority of that Court → 1837
► WARD-MINOR a minor under the control of a guardian → 1731 Sc. obs.
► WARD OF COURT a minor for whom a guardian has been appointed by the Court of Chancery or who has become directly subject to the authority of that Court → 1790
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