Definition of major

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Major (a.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.

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Majorcan :: Majorcan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Majorca.
Faction :: Faction (n.) A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good..
Majority :: Majority (n.) The military rank of a major.
Drum Major :: Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4..
Major :: Major (a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone..
Drum Major :: Drum major () The marching leader of a military band.
Oxeye :: Oxeye (n.) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) and the blue titmouse (P. coeruleus)..
Dur :: Dur (a.) Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major..
Drum Major :: Drum major () The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers.
Apotome :: Apotome (n.) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.
Ditone :: Ditone (n.) The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone)..
Major-domo :: Major-domo (n.) A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer..
Majority :: Majority (n.) The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
Charles''s Wain :: Charles's Wain () The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa..
Major :: Major (a.) A mayor.
Tierce :: Tierce (n.) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-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..
Bear :: Bear (n.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor..
Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus..
Boat-tail :: Boat-tail (n.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States..
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