Definition of major

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Major (a.) 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..

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Staff :: Staff (n.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major..
Dur :: Dur (a.) Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major..
Abduction :: Abduction (n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable..
Drum Major :: Drum major () The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers.
Enharmonical :: Enharmonical (a.) Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate..
Seventh :: Seventh (n.) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished..
Majorate :: Majorate (n.) The office or rank of a major.
Epichirema :: Epichirema (n.) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner..
Aid-major :: Aid-major (n.) The adjutant of a regiment.
Vote :: Vote (n.) Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence..
Natural :: Natural (a.) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major..
Paulist :: Paulist (n.) A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, founded in 1858 by the Rev. I. T. Hecker of New York. The majority of the members were formerly Protestants..
Majorcan :: Majorcan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Majorca.
Balearic :: Balearic (a.) Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia..
Hippocampus :: Hippocampus (n.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar..
Major :: Major (a.) Of greater dignity; more important.
Major :: Major (a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone..
Septentrio :: Septentrio (n.) The constellation Ursa Major.
Major :: Major (a.) A person of full age.
Major :: Major (a.) 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]..
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