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Ma"jor, n. [F. major. See
Major, a.] 1. (Mil.)
An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a
lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.

2. (Law) A person of full
age.

3. (Logic) 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].

&fist; In hypothetical syllogisms, the hypothetical premise is
called the major.

4. [LL. See Major.] A mayor.
[Obs.] Bacon.

||Ma`jo`rat" (?), n. [F.
majorat, LL. majoratus. See Major,
a., and cf. Majorate.] 1.
The right of succession to property according to age; -- so
termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.


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