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Major

adjective

Of greater importance or stature or rank. "A major role" , "Major highways"

Greater in scope or effect. "A major improvement" , "A major break with tradition" , "A major misunderstanding"

Greater in number or size or amount. "Ursa Major" , "A major portion of the winnings"

Of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes.

Of a scale or mode. "The key of D major"

Of greater seriousness or danger. "A major hurricane" , "A major illness"

Of full legal age.

Of the elder of two boys with the same family name.

noun

A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain.

British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943). Synonyms: John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major.

A university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject.

The principal field of study of a student at a university.

verb

Have as one's principal field of study.

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"Major" Quotes from Famous Books

... Officers under whom he had served. He was presented, shortly after his arrival in England, with a certificate of character, signed by Lieut.-Genl. John Clavering, Colonel of the 52nd Regt., Lieut.-Genl. Edward Sandford, Lieut.-Genl. Sir John Seabright, Major-Genl. Guy Carleton, Major-Genl. John Alex. McKay, Lieut.-Col. Valentine Jones, Lieut.-Genl. Burgoyue, ...

— Young Lion of the Woods - A Story of Early Colonial Days • Thomas Barlow Smith

... reserves his laurels for posterity (Who does not often claim the bright reversion) Has generally no great crop to spare it, he Being only injured by his own assertion; And although here and there some glorious rarity Arise like Titan from the sea's immersion, The major part of such appellants go To—God knows where—for no one else ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron

... thought that the parachute might be used for life-saving on the modern dirigible air-ship, and even on the aeroplane, and experiments have been carried out with that end in view. A most thrilling descent from an air-ship by means of a parachute was that made by Major Maitland, Commander of the British Airship Squadron, which forms part of the Royal Flying Corps. The descent took place from the Delta air-ship, which ascended from Farnborough Common. In the car with Major Maitland ...

— The Mastery of the Air • William J. Claxton

... of men were destroyed in the great American Rebellion, and after four years of the bloodiest civil war in history, the Stars and Stripes arose in all its glory at Appomattox, and fluttered again over the fort in Charleston Harbor, so nobly defended by the illustrious Major Anderson. ...

— Shakspere, Personal Recollections • John A. Joyce

... for Dolignan that he had the grace to be a friend to Major Hoskyns of his regiment, a veteran laughed at by the youngsters, for the major was too apt to look coldly upon billiard-balls and cigars; he had seen cannon-balls and linstocks. He had also, to tell the truth, swallowed a good bit of the mess-room poker, which made it as ...

— Stories by English Authors: England • Various

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