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/mədʒˈɔrəti/ Listen

noun

Majority n. (pl. majorities)

The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority. Specifically:

(a)

The military rank of a major.

(b)

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. (Obs.)

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.

To go over to the majority or To join the majority, to die.

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Etymology of 'Majority'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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