minor_league has definitions from the fields of baseball,sport
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[ noun ] (baseball,sport) a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)

Synonyms

bush_league minors

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

This rule providing_for a blackout of televised baseball 30_minutes before the start of a major or minor_league game in any area comes from the game 's top rulers .

It is an irritable rule that does baseball more harm than good , especially at the minor_league level .

(The New York Times,...)

Later , Shea owned and operated the Long_Island Indians , a minor_league professional football_team .

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