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• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

MAJOR (See also:

• LAT

Lat. for " greater ")  , a word used, both as a substantive and See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective, for that which is greater than another in See also:

• SIZE

size, quality, degree, importance, &c., often opposed correlatively to that to which " See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor " is applied in the same See also:

• CONNOTATION

connotation . In the categorical See also:

• SYLLOGISM (Gr. ovAAoytvµos, from en', and Xb-yor, an argument resulting from combination, i.e. of premises)

syllogism in See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic, the See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major See also:

• TERM

term is the term which forms the predicate of the conclusion, the major premise is that which contains the major term . (For the distinction between major and minor intervals, and other applications in See also:

• MUSIC

music, see Music and See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

HARMONY.) The use of Major as See also:

• PART

part of an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title in Med . See also:

• LAT

Lat. has given the Span. See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, Fr. maire, and Eng . " mayor " (q.v.) . In See also:

• ENGLISH

English the unadapted See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form "major" is the title of a military officer now ranking between a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain and a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel . Originally the word was used adjectivally in the title " sergeant-major," an officer of high See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank (third in command of an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army) who performed the same duties of See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, See also:

• DRILL

drill and encampments on the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• COMMANDER

commander as the sergeant in a See also:

• COMPANY

company performs as assistant to the captain . This was in the latter See also:

• HALF

half of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and very soon after-wards the "sergeant-major " became known as the " sergeantmajor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general "—hence the See also:

• MODERN

modern title of major-general . By the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the English See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War " majors " had been introduced in each See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of See also:

• FOOT

foot., who. corresponded in a lesser See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere to the " major-general " of the whole army . The major's sphere of duties, See also:

• PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence and title have since varied but little, though he has, in the See also:

• BRITISH

British service, taken the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the lieutenant-colonel as second in command—the latter officer exercising the command of the See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry regiment, See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry See also:

• BATTALION

battalion or See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade, and the colonel being, See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save for certain administrative functions, little more than the titular chief of his regiment . Junior majors command companies of infantry; squadrons of cavalry and batteries of artillery are also commanded by majors . In most See also:

• EUROPEAN

European armies, however, and of See also:

• LATE

late years in the army of the See also:

• UNITED

United States also, the major has become a battalion commander under the orders of a regimental commander (colonel or lieutenant-colonel) .

The word appears also in the British service in " brigade-major (the See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant or staff officer of a brigade) . " See also:

• TOWN

Town-majors " (See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison staff See also:

• OFFICERS

officers) are now no longer appointed .