the quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.-the military rank of a major.-the condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.-the greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.-ancestors; ancestry.-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.