minority leader
noun
: the leader of the minority party in a legislative body
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell's recent comment that candidate quality would determine who will take control of the senate has been interpreted as a jab at Republican candidates and an attempt to temper expectations heading into November. 
Rick Klein, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2022 Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, posted a statement to his official website. Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2022 Now Trump has endorsed Brooks’ opponent, Katie Britt, whom Brooks has tried to frame as a lobbyist and lapdog for Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. al, 15 June 2022 Kentucky’s All-American forward Oscar Tshweibe, a player from the Congo, recently met with Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell to talk about the issue. Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022 The minority leader will focus his remarks heavily on kitchen table issues, including crime, inflation and the economy. Haris Alic, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2022 More worryingly for McCarthy, Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, had insinuated earlier that week in a pair of podcast interviews that the minority leader was not up to the job of speaker. Grace Segers, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2022 Despite that back-and-forth over McCarthy's comments, the minority leader still appears to support the congresswoman: from March 2021 to March 2022, his joint fundraising committee raised over $160,000 for her reelection campaign. Miles Cohen, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2022 Then the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives walked in. Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2022 See More
Rick Klein, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2022 Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, posted a statement to his official website. Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2022 Now Trump has endorsed Brooks’ opponent, Katie Britt, whom Brooks has tried to frame as a lobbyist and lapdog for Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. al, 15 June 2022 Kentucky’s All-American forward Oscar Tshweibe, a player from the Congo, recently met with Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell to talk about the issue. Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022 The minority leader will focus his remarks heavily on kitchen table issues, including crime, inflation and the economy. Haris Alic, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2022 More worryingly for McCarthy, Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, had insinuated earlier that week in a pair of podcast interviews that the minority leader was not up to the job of speaker. Grace Segers, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2022 Despite that back-and-forth over McCarthy's comments, the minority leader still appears to support the congresswoman: from March 2021 to March 2022, his joint fundraising committee raised over $160,000 for her reelection campaign. Miles Cohen, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2022 Then the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives walked in. Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1909, in the meaning defined above