Major

Name

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Noun

Title for an army officer with the rank of major.

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.

Synonyms

John Major

John R. Major

John Roy Major

field officer

Colonel

lieutenant colonel

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