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Hearty burning logs make good companions for a philosopher like the major, and such times when his depths were troubled he was wont to trust to them for companionship But into any mood of absorption, no matter how deep, the major was always ready to welcome Mrs. Matilda, and his expectations on the subject of her adventures had been fully realized.

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  1. adjective Greater than others in importance or rank: a major artist.
  2. adjective Great in scope or effect: a major improvement.
  3. adjective Great in number, size, or extent: the major portion of the population.
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  • ;A major is an officer, isn't it This major is an ass, ; spat Chainer Teroh stiffened, and Skellum sighed Anyway. —  SCOTT McGOUGH
  • As the major was a man of at least L8,000 a-year, and the captain of L4,000 or L5,000, the dinner was likely to be grand enough. —  Life Of Johnson, Vol. 3
  • Lincicome, whose best finish in a major was a tie for second here two years ago, was thinking that something around par would have made for a good day. —  HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News
  • Lincicome's best finish in a major was a tie for second here two years ago. —  TimesArgus.com: Sports
  • Hertel said the city will start taking bids this week for a phase of the project that will expand the stretch of Slide Road from Fourth Street to the North Loop, creating what he described as a major north-south thoroughfare. —  The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines
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  1. Middle English majour, from Latin māior; see meg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. I. a. = Old French maior, major, majour, majeur, French majeur = Spanish mayor = Portuguese maior, mayor, major = Italian maggiore, from Latin major, greater, comparative of magnus, great: see magnitude and majesty. II. n. = D. G. Danish Swedish major, from French major = Spanish mayor = Portuguese major = Italian maggiore, from Latin major, an elder, adult (usually in plural), Middle Latin also chief officer, chief, mayor (cf. mayor, from the same source); from the adjective
  2. from major, n., 1.
 

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