adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 not as great in size, amount or importance as sth/sb else:
people of lesser importance * They were all involved to a greater or lesser degree (= some were more involved than others). * The law was designed to protect wives, and, to a lesser extent, children. * He was encouraged to plead guilty to the lesser offence. * (humorous) He doesn't even acknowledge us lesser mortals (= people who are not as important or powerful). * A lesser woman would have given up.
2 used in the names of some types of animals, birds and plants which are smaller than similar kinds:
a lesser black-backed gull
OPPGREATER
lesser adverb:
one of the lesser-known Caribbean islands
IDIOMS
the lesser of two evils
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for lesser is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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