minority

noun

1. being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts

e.g. when the vote was taken they were in the minority
he held a minority position

2. a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part

3. any age prior to the legal age

Synonym: nonage

1. 少数; 少数派
If you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half.

e.g. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers...
当地政府提供的保育服务只有少数上班族母亲才能够享受到。
e.g. These children are only a small minority.
这些孩子只是很少的一部分。

2. 少数民族；少数群体
A minority is a group of people of the same race, culture, or religion who live in a place where most of the people around them are of a different race, culture, or religion.

e.g. ...the region's ethnic minorities...
这个地区的少数民族
e.g. Students have called for greater numbers of women and minorities on the faculty...
学生要求聘请更多女教师和少数民族族裔的老师。