Major (disambiguation)

Major is a military rank. The word derives from Latin maior, which means greater. It and its plural majors or the Majors may refer to:

• Academic major, the primary focus of a Bachelor's degree, in the United States and some other countries
• Major (law), a person with the full legal rights of an adult
• Major (manga), a baseball-related Japanese manga/anime series
• Major film studios, film studios (mostly United States-based) that produce many films per year
• Major, an older sibling, when two British Public school students have the same surname
• Major, an American tactical missile developed by Redstone Arsenal
• Major, an Irish cigarette brand produced by Carroll's, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco

Sport

• In American professional sports, various leagues are described as major (or "the majors") when they represent the highest level of competition in their geographic area, such as:
  • Major League Baseball
  • Major League Soccer
• In American college sports, "major" has multiple meanings. For a more comprehensive discussion of the different meanings of "major" in the college athletics context, see mid-major.
• In golf, a "major championship" is one of an elite tier of annual tournaments (not more than five) recognized by the relevant authorities for a particular branch of the sport. See:
  • Men's major golf championships
  • Women's major golf championships
  • Senior major golf championships
• The Major Brothers, Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder, a professional wrestling tag team
• A "major score" or "major" is an alternate term in Canadian football for the scoring play also known as a touchdown.
• In tennis, the Grand Slam (tennis) events are referred to as "Majors" or "The Majors":
  • Australian Open
  • French Open
  • The Championships, Wimbledon
  • US Open

Music

• Major and minor, types of scale, key, chord or interval; also,
  • Major scale
  • Major chord
  • The names of various intervals, such as a Major third or Major sixth
• Major, a method of Change ringing rung on eight church bells
• The Majors (band), an American R&B group
• Majors (band), a Danish hip-hop group

People

Surname

• Clarence Major (born 1936), American poet
• Edward Major (1615–c. 1655), Virginia colonial politician
• John Major (born 1943), British Prime Minister
• John C. Major (born 1931), Canadian jurist
• Corporal Leo Major (1921–2008), Corporal in the Canadian Army
• Mark Major (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
• William James Major (1881–1953), Canadian politician and jurist
• Bill Majors (born 1960), American Christian missionary
• Johnny Majors (born 1935), American football player and coach
• Lee Majors (born 1939), American actor
• Shirley Majors (1914–1981), American football coach; father of several notable football players and coaches, the most famous being Johnny Majors
• Les Major (1926–2001), English footballer
• William T. Major (1790-1867), American pastor

Given or nickname

• Major Applewhite (born 1978), American football quarterback and coach
• Major Harris (born 1968), American football quarterback
• Marshall Taylor (1878–1932), known as 'Major' Taylor, American cyclist
• Rod Majors, nom de porn of porn star and award winning journalist Matt Sanchez

Fictional

• Major Gowen, character on the British television series Fawlty Towers
• Major Major Major Major, character in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22
• The Major (Hellsing), character in the Japanese manga series Hellsing
• The Major, nickname of Motoko Kusanagi, character in the Japanese anime/manga series Ghost in the Shell

Places

• Major, Saskatchewan, a village in Canada
• Lake Major, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Mount Major, a small mountain in New Hampshire, United States
• Major, the Hungarian name for Maieru Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania

Species

Species Latin binomial name abbreviations

• A. major (disambiguation)
• C. major (disambiguation)
• L. major

See also

• Majority
• Majorat
• Mayor