lesser

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   smaller in size or amount or value

   the lesser powers of Europe

2. 2
   adj

   of less size or importance

   the lesser anteater

3. 3
   adj

   Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.

   lesser panda

4. 4
   noun

   a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.

   The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.

5. 5
   name

   A surname.

   Into them Lesser inserts three intentionally similar heroines, annoying American expats in Cambridge, England,[ ]whose Anglophilia leads to a quite unwarranted amount of sightseeing.

6. 6
   adj

   comparative form of little: more little

Etymology

From less + -er.