Majority
Majority , noun
[French majorité. See Major.]
1.
The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
(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.
Ancestors; ancestry. [Obsolete]
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.
Collocations (1)
To go over to the majority or To join the majority , to die.