major
- noun
- /ˈmeɪdʒər/
- Specialized
- Tell me Major, have you ever heard of Attila?
- captain and major
Why this was so, the Major himself did not know.
- Why this was so, the Major himself did not know.
- And if the majors can't get more reserves?
Examples
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Well, I'm very sorry, Major.
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Why were you so long in bringing us this word, Major?
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Why this was so, the Major himself did not know.
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Can I buy you a drink, Major, before you go?
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Major Johnson, you pick up Scott.
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Mr. Secretary, this is Major John McGill, an old friend of mine.
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This is my friend, Major Ben Marco.
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If he had not seemed convinced, Major Avvin might have found a way to ground him.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then one of their instructor officers, Major Strasser, came in and had a drink with them.
Fiction book (1992) -
The major issued the orders for the troops to advance at dawn.
Synonyms
A military officer's title used before a name
Compounds
- Specialized
A serious operation on the body that doctors do while you are asleep and that has more risk
- Specialized
A set of seven notes with whole steps except half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth
- Specialized
A senior soldier who helps run a group of soldiers and manages discipline and administration
- Specialized
A period of severe sadness and loss of interest that makes daily life hard
- Specialized
A general statement that includes the main word in the conclusion, for example 'All humans are mortal'
- Specialized
A severe, common form of smallpox that often caused fever, many skin sores, and many deaths
- Archaic
An intense seizure when a person loses consciousness and their whole body shakes strongly
- Specialized
A garden plant with star-shaped white or pink flowers and leaves in a low clump
- Specialized
A serious mental illness that causes very low or very high mood
- Specialized
The longest straight line through an ellipse that passes through its two special inner points
- Specialized
A common eight-note pattern in Western music with small steps between third and fourth and seventh and eighth
- Specialized
A main group of words like nouns, verbs, and adjectives that show a word's role in a sentence
- Archaic
Strong medicine that calms people with serious mental illness like schizophrenia
- Specialized
A large chest muscle that pulls the arm toward the body and turns it inward
- Specialized
A back muscle that pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine
- Specialized
A muscle in the upper arm that pulls the arm back and turns it inward toward the body
- Specialized
A muscle in the upper back that pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine
- Specialized
A large chest muscle that helps move the arm toward the body and turn it
- Specialized
A thick round muscle in the upper back that turns the arm toward the body
- Specialized
A muscle in the upper back that moves the arm and turns it inward
- Specialized
A severe inherited blood disease that causes very low red blood cells and needs regular transfusions
- Specialized
A trailing evergreen plant with shiny green and white leaves and blue or purple flowers
- Formal
A strong natural event like an earthquake or flood that you cannot stop and that stops normal life
How Senior
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Major the military rank comes from the old Latin maior meaning 'greater', used for an officer who is 'above' a captain in size of command. That's why a major is a higher officer with more responsibility.