Meaning

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

noun British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)

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

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs Proto-Italic *magjōs 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”),…

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