major | | |
n. (person) | 1. major | a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ commissioned military officer | a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps. |
n. (person) | 2. john major, john r. major, john roy major, major | British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943). |
| ~ national leader, solon, statesman | a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs. |
n. (person) | 3. major | a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject.; "she is a linguistics major" |
| ~ educatee, pupil, student | a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution. |
n. (cognition) | 4. major | the principal field of study of a student at a university.; "her major is linguistics" |
| ~ discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study | a branch of knowledge.; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" |
v. (cognition) | 5. major | have as one's principal field of study.; "She is majoring in linguistics" |
| ~ study | be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning. |
adj. | 6. major | of greater importance or stature or rank.; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways" |
| ~ leading, prima, star, starring, stellar | indicating the most important performer or role.; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance" |
adj. | 7. major | greater in scope or effect.; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding" |
adj. | 8. major | greater in number or size or amount.; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings" |
| ~ better | more than half.; "argued for the better part of an hour" |
adj. | 9. major | of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes.; "his major field was mathematics" |
adj. | 10. major | of a scale or mode.; "major scales"; "the key of D major" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
adj. | 11. major | of greater seriousness or danger.; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness" |
adj. | 12. major | of full legal age. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
adj. | 13. major | of the elder of two boys with the same family name.; "Jones major" |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| ~ senior | older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service.; "senior officer" |
mayor | | |
n. (person) | 1. city manager, mayor | the head of a city government. |
| ~ ex-mayor | a former mayor. |
| ~ alcalde | a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town. |
| ~ burgomaster | a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria. |
| ~ mayoress | a woman mayor. |
| ~ politician | a leader engaged in civil administration. |
| ~ civil authority, civil officer | a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs. |
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