MAJOR

Definition of MAJOR

(noun)a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
(noun)a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
(noun)the principal field of study of a student at a university
(adj)of the elder of two boys with the same family name
(adj)of greater importance or stature or rank
(adj)greater in scope or effect
(adj)greater in number or size or amount
(adj)of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
(adj)(of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
(adj)of greater seriousness or danger
(adj)of full legal age
(verb)have as one's principal field of study