meaning of majority

1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
2.
The military rank of a major.
3.
The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage ones own affairs.
4.
The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
5.
Ancestors; ancestry.
6.
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.


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