greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.-of greater dignity; more important.-of full legal age.-greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.-an officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.-a person of full age.-that premise which contains the major term. it its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: no unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].-a mayor.