Thesaurus: majority

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1. n. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
2. n. The military rank of a major.
3. n. The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.
4. n. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
5. n. Ancestors; ancestry.
6. n. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality.
7. n. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
8. n. (elections) more than half of the votes
9. n. the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
10. n:100 n. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part n. (elections) more than half of the votes n. the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs