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Webster 1913 Edition
Majority
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.
[Cf. L.
majores
.] 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
. See majority
of five hundred votesPlurality
. To go over to the majority
or To join the majority
to die.
Webster 1828 Edition
Majority
MAJOR'ITY
, n.1.
The greater number; more than half; as a majority of mankind; a majority of votes in Congress. A measure may be carried by a large or small majority.2.
Full age; the age at which the laws of a country permit a young person to manage his own affairs. Henry III. had no sooner come to his majority, than the barons raised war against him.3.
The office, rank or commission of a major.4.
The state of being greater. It is not a plurality of parts, without majority of parts. [Little used.]
5.
[L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Not used.]6.
Chief rank. [Not used.]