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Major   /mˈeɪdʒər/   Listen
noun
Major  n.  
1.
Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.
2.
Of greater dignity; more important.
3.
Of full legal age; adult. (Obs.)
4.
(Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.
Major key (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds.
Major offense (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault.
Major scale (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See Scale, and Diatonic.
Major second (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step.
Major sixth (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful.
Major third (Mus.), a third of two steps.


Major  n.  
1.
(Mil.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
2.
(Law) A person of full age.
3.
(Logic) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven (the major). Every man in his natural state is unholy (minor). Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven (conclusion or inference). Note: In hypothetical syllogisms, the hypothetical premise is called the major.
4.
A mayor. (Obs.)





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... Cahill petulantly, "why didn't you answer? Where is the blue stationery—the sort Major ...
— Ranson's Folly • Richard Harding Davis
... was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison, great grandson, therefore, of Governor Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, the ardent revolutionary patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence. An older scion of the family had served as major-general in Cromwell's army and been executed for signing the death-warrant of King Charles I. The Republican candidate was born on a farm at North Bend, Ohio, August 20, 1883. The boy's earliest education was acquired in a log schoolhouse. He afterward attended ...
— History of the United States, Volume 5 • E. Benjamin Andrews
... was only one daughter in the family, she was called by the name of the gens: thus, Tullia, the daughter of Cicero; and retained the same after marriage. When there were two daughters, one was called major, and the other minor. If there were more than two, they were distinguished by their number; ...
— Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology - For Classical Schools (2nd ed) • Charles K. Dillaway
... Loyds, and Enmore, on the 12th of August, 1844, having on board Her Majesty's 80th regiment, 1000 strong, under the command of Lieut.-col. Baker. The companies two, three, and six were on board the Briton, under the orders of Major, afterwards Lieut.-col. Bunbury, and consisted of 311 soldiers, including 12 serjeants and 4 drummers, 34 women, 51 children, and the following officers, namely, Captains Best, Sayers, and Montgomery; Lieutenants Leslie and Freeman; ...
— The Wreck on the Andamans • Joseph Darvall
... overwhelm, heap up. colocacion f. situation, employment. colocar to collocate, place. colonia colony. colono colonist, settler, farmer. colorado ruddy. colorar to color. columna column. columpio swinging. comandante commander, major. comarca district. combatir to fight. combustible m. fuel. comensal m. table companion, fellow-guest. comenzar to begin. comer to eat. cometer to commit. comico comic. comida dinner. comienzo ...
— Novelas Cortas • Pedro Antonio de Alarcon


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