Hypertext Webster Gateway: "majority"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Majority \Ma*jor"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Majorities}. [F. majorit['e].
See {Major}.]
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 majority of five hundred votes. See {Plurality}.
{To go over to, or To join}, {the majority}, to die.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
majority
n 1: the property resulting from being or relating to the greater
in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of
his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is
finished" [syn: {bulk}] [ant: {minority}]
2: (in an election) more than half of the votes [syn: {absolute
majority}]
3: the age at which a person is considered competent to manage
their own affairs [syn: {legal age}] [ant: {minority}]
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