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Majority
Pronunciation : Ma*jor"i*ty
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [F. majorit?. See Major.]
Definition : 1. 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.
2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
3. Etym: [Cf. L. majores.]
Defn: Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.]
4. 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, or To join, the majority, to die.
pl. Majorities.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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