major : Idioms & Phrases

Aid"-ma`jor noun

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1. The adjutant of a regiment.

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• noun European herb with aromatic roots and leaves in a basal tuft and showy compound umbels of white to rosy flowers
  greater masterwort.
  

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• an officer who may be attached to a brigade to assist the brigadier in his duties.

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• noun (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats
  C major; C major scale.
  

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• noun (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats
  C major; C major scale.
  

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• noun a constellation to the southeast of Orion; contains Sirius
  Great Dog.
  

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• L., larger dog, a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star.

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• noun a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers
  pitch apple; Clusia rosea; strangler fig.
  

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• noun a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army
  command sergeant major.
  

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• noun the leader of a marching band or drum corps
  

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Drum" ma"jor

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1. .
2. The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers.
3. The marching leader of a military band. U.S.
4. A noisy gathering. R. See under Drum, n., #4

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• noun epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking
  grand mal epilepsy; grand mal; generalized epilepsy.
  
• noun a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body
  grand mal; generalized seizure.
  

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É`tat" Ma`jor" (Also<

• Etat Major
• État Major

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Etymology

F., fr. état state + L. major greater.

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1. (Mil.) The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.

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• (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment.

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• a native sergeant major in the East Indian army.

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• noun British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
  Major; John Major; John R. Major.
  

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• noun British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
  Major; John Major; John R. Major.
  

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• noun British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
  Major; John Major; John R. Major.
  

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• noun any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
  affective disorder; emotional disturbance; emotional disorder.
  

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• noun the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid; passes through the two foci
  

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• (Geom.), the greater axis. See Focus, n., 2.

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• noun (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
  

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• noun a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th
  major diatonic scale.
  

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• noun one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar
  

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• noun any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar
  

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Ma"jor gen"er*al

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1. . An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.

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• noun a key whose harmony is based on the major scale
  major key.
  

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• (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds.

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• noun the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
  majors; big league.
  

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• noun a member of a major-league baseball team
  big leaguer.
  

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• noun the maximum lobe in the radiation pattern which is intended to be along the forward axis and which gives the effect of a beam
  

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• noun a key whose harmony is based on the major scale
  major key.
  

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• (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault.

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• noun (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
  planet.
  

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• noun a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
  power; superpower; great power; world power.
  

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• noun the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
  major premise.
  

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• (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term.

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• noun the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
  major premise.
  

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• noun a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th
  major diatonic scale.
  

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• (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See Scale, and Diatonic.

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• (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step.

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• (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful.

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• noun (bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts
  

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• noun any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance
  

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• noun the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
  

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• (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion.

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• (Mus.), a third of two steps.

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• noun tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
  antipsychotic; neuroleptic agent; major tranquilliser; neuroleptic; antipsychotic agent; major tranquilizer; antipsychotic drug; neuroleptic drug.
  

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• noun tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
  antipsychotic; neuroleptic agent; major tranquilliser; neuroleptic; antipsychotic agent; major tranquilizer; antipsychotic drug; neuroleptic drug.
  

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• noun tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
  antipsychotic; neuroleptic agent; major tranquilliser; neuroleptic; antipsychotic agent; major tranquilizer; antipsychotic drug; neuroleptic drug.
  

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• noun the chief steward or butler of a great household
  seneschal.
  

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Ma`jor-do"mo noun

Etymology

Sp. mayordomo, or It. maggiordomo; both fr. LL. majordomus; L. major greater + domus house.

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1. A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer.

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• noun a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general
  

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• noun a team that plays in a major league
  major-league club.
  

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• noun a team that plays in a major league
  major-league club.
  

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• noun a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm
  greater pectoral muscle; musculus pectoralis major.
  

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• noun rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal column
  musculus rhomboideus major; greater rhomboid muscle.
  

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• noun teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially
  teres major; musculus teres major.
  

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• noun a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm
  greater pectoral muscle; musculus pectoralis major.
  

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• noun the chief piper in a band of bagpipes
  

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• noun common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed
  whiteman's foot; cart-track plant; common plantain; white-man's foot; broad-leaved plantain.
  

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• noun Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
  Scipio Africanus; Scipio the Elder; Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major; Scipio; Publius Cornelius Scipio.
  

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• noun rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal column
  musculus rhomboideus major; greater rhomboid muscle.
  

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• noun (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats
  C major; C major scale.
  

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• noun Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
  Scipio Africanus; Scipio the Elder; Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major; Scipio; Publius Cornelius Scipio.
  

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• noun a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army
  command sergeant major.
  
• noun large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide
  Abudefduf saxatilis.
  

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• . (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above. (b) (Zoöl.) The cow pilot.

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• noun teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially
  teres major; musculus teres major.
  

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• noun teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially
  teres major; musculus teres major.
  

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• noun a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged
  Cooley's anaemia; Cooley's anemia; thalassaemia major.
  

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• noun a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged
  Cooley's anaemia; Cooley's anemia; thalassaemia major.
  

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Tierce"-ma`jor noun

Etymology

Cf. F. tierce majeure.

Definitions

1. (Card Playing) See Tierce, 4.

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• (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment.

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• noun a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star
  Great Bear.
  

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• noun a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
  variola; smallpox.
  
• noun a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
  variola major.
  

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• noun a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
  variola major.
  

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• noun plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes
  large periwinkle.
  

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• noun a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events
  force majeure; act of God; inevitable accident; unavoidable casualty.
  
  • he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God

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