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Minor Role

Definition: Minor Role

Minor Role

Noun

1. A small role.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Minor Role

Synonym: bit part (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Minor Role

English words defined with "minor role": playsoubrette. (references)
Specialty definitions using "minor role": HLA-C Antigens. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Minor Role

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

While brand names still play only a minor role in the home textile sector, labels such as the Cotton USA or eco-sound labels, clearly have an image and marketing advantage. (references)

Other military procurement bodies, such as the military services' logistics commands and the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology play a relatively minor role in military purchasing abroad. (references)

Economic History

Poland

The judicial branch plays a minor role in decisionmaking. (references)

Guatemala

The government has traditionally played a minor role in the Guatemalan economy. (references)

Poland

Cross-shareholding: Cross-shareholding arrangements are rare and play a minor role in the Polish economy. (references)

Political Economy

Maldives

The population is approximately 270,000. Agriculture and manufacturing continue to play a minor role in the economy, which is constrained by a severe shortage of labor and lack of arable land. (references)

Political Rights

Guinea

Women also play a minor role in the leadership of the major political parties. (references)

Worker Rights

Iceland

Collective bargaining agreements were negotiated in 2000, and most will expire in either 2003 or 2004. The Government played only a minor role in the bargaining process, providing mediation assistance in a few cases (through the State Mediator's Office) while generally encouraging wage restraint to limit inflation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Minor Role

Language Translations for "minor role"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

statistenrolle (bit part, walk-on part). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

脇役 (supporting role), 端役 , 傍役 (supporting role). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

わきやく (supporting role), はやく (breach of contract, breaking of word, early, fast). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inormay oleray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Minor Role

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-l-m-n-o-o-r-r"

-2 letters: ionomer, loonier, lorimer, loriner, moonier, moorier, morrion, oinomel, roomier.

-3 letters: ironer, limner, lomein, merino, merlin, merlon, moiler, moline, morion, neroli, oilmen, oriole, roomer, roomie.

-4 letters: eloin, enorm, enrol, irone, lemon, limen, liner, loner, looie, melon, miler, miner, minor, moire, monie, morel, moron, morro, nerol, nomoi, oiler, olein, oorie, oriel, ormer, reoil, rimer, romeo.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m-n-o-o-r-r"
 

+4 letters: oleomargarine, premonitorily, reformational, reformulation.

 

+5 letters: chlorpromazine, chronometrical, contemporarily, electroforming, miscorrelation, oleomargarines, reformulations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Minor Role


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 69 6E 6F 72      52 6F 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01101001 01101110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01010010 01101111 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#105 &#110 &#111 &#114 &#32 &#82 &#111 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0069 006E 006F 0072      0052 006F 006C 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4775808184252817871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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