major-general
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| Noun | 1. |  major-general - a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant generalarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" general officer - officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel |
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major
(ˈmeidʒə) adjective great, or greater, in size, importance etc. major and minor roads; a major discovery.
noun1. (often abbreviated to Maj. when written) the rank next below lieutenant-colonel.
2. (American) the subject in which you specialize at college or university. a major in physics; Her major is psychology.
verb (with in) (American) to study a certain subject in which you specialize at college or university. She is majoring in philosophy.
maˈjority (məˈdʒo-) – plural maˈjorities – noun1. the greater number. the majority of people.
2. the difference between a greater and a smaller number. The Democratic Party won by/with a majority of six hundred votes.
ˌmajor-ˈgeneral noun (often abbreviated to Maj.-Gen. when written) in the British army, (a person of) the rank next below lieutenant-general.
the age of majority legal adulthood (in Britain, eighteen years of age). He has not yet reached the age of majority.
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