Major
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A surname.
proper noun
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A surname.
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An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States.
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A village in the Rural Municipality of Prairiedale, No. 321, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Etymology
* As an English surname of Norman origin, from the personal name Malgier, via Old French from the Germanic name *Madalgari. See Mauger. * As a Hungarian surname, shortened from majorosgazda (see Majoros), or borrowed from German Meyer. * As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from the military rank major. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Meyer. * As a French and Occitan surname, from the adjective majeur and the military rank major. The latter appears in Canadian French, sometimes also as La Major.
noun
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Title for an army officer with the rank of major.
Forms
- plural
- Majors