1. (Mil.)
Defn: An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
2. (Law)
Defn: A person of full age.
3. (Logic)
Defn: That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].
Note: In hypothetical syllogisms, the hypothetical premise is called the major.
4. Etym: [LL. See Major.]
Defn: A mayor. [Obs.] Bacon.
MAJORAT Ma`jo`rat", n. Etym: [F. majorat, LL. majoratus. See Major, a., and cf. Majorate.]