Major vs. Mayor
Majornoun
a military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel
Majornoun
The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
Majornoun
A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.
Majornoun
A person of legal age.
Majornoun
(logic) The major premise.
Majornoun
(Canadian football) An alternate term for touchdown; short for "major score".
Majornoun
A large, commercially successful record label, as opposed to an indie.
Majornoun
An elder brother (especially at a public school).
Majornoun
(zoology) A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
Majoradjective
Of great significance or importance.
Majoradjective
Greater in number, quantity, or extent
Majoradjective
Of full legal age, having attained majority
Majoradjective
(music) Of a scale that follows the pattern: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone
Majoradjective
(music) Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
Majoradjective
(music) Containing the note a major third (four half steps) above the tonic.
Majorverb
(intransitive) to concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university
Majoradjective
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.
Majoradjective
Of greater dignity; more important.
Majoradjective
Of full legal age; adult.
Majoradjective
Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.
Majornoun
An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
Majornoun
A person of full age.
Majornoun
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].
Majornoun
A mayor.
Majornoun
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
Majornoun
British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
Majornoun
a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject;
Majornoun
the principal field of study of a student at a university;
Majorverb
have as one's principal field of study;
Majoradjective
of greater importance or stature or rank;
Majoradjective
greater in scope or effect;
Majoradjective
greater in number or size or amount;
Majoradjective
of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes;
Majoradjective
of a scale or mode;
Majoradjective
of greater seriousness or danger;
Majoradjective
of full legal age;
Majoradjective
of the elder of two boys with the same family name;
Majoradjective
important, serious, or significant
Majoradjective
greater or more important; main
Majoradjective
(of a surgical operation) serious or life-threatening
Majoradjective
(of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees.
Majoradjective
(of an interval) equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval
Majoradjective
(of a key) based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect
Majoradjective
(appended to a surname in public schools) indicating the elder of two brothers.
Majoradjective
(of a term) occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.
Majoradjective
(of a premise) containing the major term in a categorical syllogism.
Majornoun
a rank of officer in the army and the US air force, above captain and below lieutenant colonel.
Majornoun
an officer in charge of a section of band instruments
Majornoun
a major key, interval, or scale.
Majornoun
a system of change-ringing using eight bells.
Majornoun
a major organization or competition
Majornoun
a student's principal subject or course
Majornoun
a student specializing in a specified subject
Majornoun
a major term or premise.
Majornoun
short for major suit
Majornoun
a goal.
Majorverb
specialize in (a particular subject) at college or university
Major
Major is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world.
Mayornoun
The leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council.
Mayornoun
By restriction, a male municipal leader
Mayornoun
(historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France
Mayornoun
The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief administrative officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge. The post is usually elective, its holder chosen by the electorate of the entire city.
Mayornoun
the head of a city government
Mayornoun
(in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland) the head of a town, borough, or county council, elected by council members and generally having purely ceremonial duties.
Mayornoun
(in the US, Canada, and certain other countries) the head of a municipal corporation, elected by the public.
Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated.
