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Major derives from Latin maior, which means greater. It and its English plural majors are used in many contexts:
- Major, a military rank.
- An academic major, the primary focus of a Bachelor's degree, in the United States and some other countries.
- In British public school terminology, "major" means an older brother or sister (when two people have the same surname), as opposed to "minor".
- In English Change Ringing, Major refers to a ringing method rung on eight church bells.
- Major (law) (as opposed to minor (law)), one with the full legal rights of an adult
- Major (manga), a baseball-related manga/anime series in Japan.
- Major film studios, film studios (mostly United States-based) that produce many films per year.
- Major (rocket), a tactical missile developed by the Redstone Arsenal
[edit] Music
- Major record labels, music production and distrbution companies that produce most of the music recordings per year.
- In music, major (in contrast to minor) is a type of scale, key, chord, or interval; see major and minor. Also:
- major scale
- major chord
- The names of various intervals, such as a major third or major sixth
[edit] Sport
- In American professional sports, various leagues are described as major (or "the majors") when they represent the highest level of competition in their geographic area, such as:
- In American college sports, "major" has multiple meanings. For a more comprehensive discussion of the different meanings of "major" in the college athletics context, see mid-major.
- In golf, a "major championship" is one of an elite tier of annual tournaments (not more than five) recognised by the relevant authorities for a particular branch of the sport. See:
- In snooker, four of the main tournaments in the season are unnofficially known as Major titles
- Major Brothers, also called the Majors, a professional wrestling tag team
[edit] Real people
- John Major, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 – 1997.
- Bill Majors, a missionary in South Korea
- John C. Major, a Canadian judge
- Major Taylor, an American champion cyclist 1899–1901.
- Mark Major, a Canadian ice hockey player.
- William James Major, a Canadian politician and judge
- Major Applewhite, a former Texas Longhorn quarterback and current Alabama assistant coach
- Major Harris, a former college quarterback for the West Virginia Mountaineers
[edit] Fictional people
- Major Gowen, a character on the 1970s British tv series Fawlty Towers.
- The Major, a character on the 1970s American TV series Soap.
- The Major (or simply Major), a nickname for Motoko Kusanagi, a fictional character from the anime/manga series Ghost in the Shell.
- Major Major Major Major, a character in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22
- The Major, the leader of Millennium, a Nazi group in Hellsing.
- Major Monogram is a main character on the Disney Channel original animated series Phineas and Ferb.
[edit] Places
- Major, Saskatchewan, a small village in the Canadian province, Saskatchewan
[edit] See also
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