Major

What “Major” means

Adj

1. Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
2. Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
3. Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.
4. Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.
5. Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.

Noun

1. A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
2. A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
3. A person of legal age.
4. Ellipsis of major key.
5. Ellipsis of major interval.

Verb

1. Used in a phrasal verb: major in.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵyōs Proto-Italic *majjōs Latin maiorder. Middle English major English major From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor. Noun sense 1 is a shortening of sergeant major, perhaps after Spanish mayor in the same sense.

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