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Definition of Minor league
1. Noun. A league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball).
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Member holonyms: Minor-league Club, Minor-league Team
Generic synonyms: Conference, League
Definition of Minor league
1. Noun. An association of sports teams that plays at a level below the major leagues of a sport. ¹
2. Adjective. Having a quality less than the best possible. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minor League
Literary usage of Minor league
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"This park is declared to be the finest minor league park in the country. It is
550 feet square and has a seating capacity of 18000. ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"I minor league Three organizations, the National League, ... The first two are
known as the "major leagues," and the last as the "minor league." Kelly т. ..."
3. New Jersey Handbook by Russell Roberts (2004)
"minor league baseball in New Jersey was a distant memory. Years before, the state
had had a great minor league tradition. The Newark Bears had been one of ..."
4. Community-based Interventions For Smokers: The Commit Field Experience by Beti Thompson, David M. Burns, William R. Lynn, Donald Shopland (2004)
"Because each community has a minor league baseball team, COMMIT staff members
collaborated on a joint activity. The impetus came from Medford (the ballpark ..."
5. Baseball Notes for Coaches and Players by Elmer Berry (1916)
"Each minor league may draft one player from each club of the grade below.
minor league player going to higher league secures probationary contract for ..."
6. The Advance of the English Novel by William Lyon Phelps (1916)
"from oblivion to the minor league to the major league to the minor league to
oblivion. He completes this orbit in about the ..."
7. The Virginia Handbook by Blair Howard (2001)
"The Roanoke Express plays championship minor league hockey at ... The Salem
Avalanche, an A-level minor league team affiliated with the Colorado Rockies of ..."
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