Major
Appearance
Major is a military rank. The word derives from the Latin maior (also spelled major), which means "greater".
Major or majors may also refer to:
Brands and enterprises
- Major, an Irish cigarette brand produced by Carroll's, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco
- Major film studios, film studios (mostly United States-based) that produce many films per year
- Morris Major (1931 to 1933), an automobile produced by Morris Motors in the United Kingdom
- Morris Major, a car model produced by the British Motor Corporation of Australia between 1958 and 1964
Characters
- Major Gowen, on the British television series Fawlty Towers
- Major Major Major Major, in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22
- Old Major, from George Orwell's novel Animal Farm
- The Major (Hellsing), in the Japanese manga series Hellsing
- The Major, nickname of Motoko Kusanagi from the Japanese anime/manga series Ghost in the Shell
Entertainment
- Major (manga), 2015 baseball-related Japanese manga/anime series
- Major Changes, 1987 album by Frank Morgan
- Major suit or major in contract bridge, namely hearts and spades
- "The Major" (The Blacklist), 2015 episode of the American crime drama
- The Major, 1963 BBC natural history documentary film made in colour
- The Major (film), 2013 Russian action film
- The Major (play), 1881 American musical comedy
Military ranks
- Major (Canada)
- Major (CSA), Confederate States Army in pre-1860s United States
- Major (France)
- Major (Germany)
- Major (India)
- Major (Sri Lanka)
- Major (Sweden)
- Major (United Kingdom)
- Major (United States)
Music
- Majors (band), a Danish hip-hop group
- The Majors (band), an American R&B group
- Major chord, a chord with a major third and a perfect fifth above its root note
- Major interval, a type of difference between two pitches
- Major key, a group of pitches, in the major scale, that forms the basis of a music composition
- Major scale, a musical scale used especially in Western music
- Major, a method of change ringing for eight church bells
People
- Major (given name)
- Major (surname)
- Matt Sanchez (born 1970), American journalist and former porn star, known in the latter field by the stage name "Rod Majors"
- Marshall Taylor (1878–1932), American cyclist nicknamed "Major"
- Major (musician) (born 1984), American pop soul musician and actor
Places
- Major, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
- 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
Sports
- Major, one of the four Grand Slam tennis events
- Major League Baseball, a professional baseball organization in the United States and Canada
- Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, the highest professional competitions of team sports in those countries
- Major (Indoor) Soccer League (1978 – 1992), United States
- Men's major golf championships, four annual tournaments in professional golf
- Women's major golf championships, five tournaments designated by the LPGA Tour
Other uses
- Major (cider apple)
- Major (Dutch Elm), or Ulmus × hollandica 'Major', a cultivar
- Major (law), a person with the full legal rights of an adult
- Major (academic), the primary field of study for a bachelor's degree in the United States and some other countries
- Major, an older sibling, when two British Public school students have the same surname
- Major, an American tactical missile developed by Redstone Arsenal
- Major Bludd, a fictional character from the G.I. Joe toyline
- Major (fly), a genus of flies