majority

n. பெரும்பான்மை, பெரும்பான்மையர், மிகுதியான எண்ணிக்கையுடையவை, நிறை வயது, உரிய வயது, படைத்தளபதிப் பதவி.

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Ma*jor"i*ty, n.; pl. Majorities. Etym: [F. majorité. 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. Etym: [Cf. L. majores.] Defn: 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.