See Also: MAJOR(law)
Major(medicine)
major(dictionary)
major(2)(dictionary)
major(1)(dictionary)
Sar-Major(dictionary)
rhomboideus major(medicine)
psoas major(medicine)
pestis major(medicine)
teres major(medicine)

major(2) (iou)



major noun1. M17.
[French, short for sergent-major SERGEANT-MAJOR, orig. a high rank, formed as MAJOR adjective & noun2.]
a. An officer in the army ranking below a lieutenant colonel and above a captain. Also (with specifying word), an officer in charge of a section of band instruments. M17.
drum major. Major Mitchell Austral. the pink cockatoo, Cacatua leadbeateri.
b. An officer in the Salvation Army ranking next above a captain. E20.
c. = SERGEANT-MAJOR. Military slang. E20.
More fully major wig. A full wig tied back in one curl. obsolete exc. Hist. M18.
A kind of artificial fly for salmon-fishing. M19.
majorship noun (a) the rank or office of a major; majority; (b) (with possess. adjective, as
your majorship etc.) a mock title of respect given to a major: E18.