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1. The most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
   - major league, big league

1. A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
    
2. [N. Amer, Austral, NZ] A university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
   "she is a linguistics major"
    
3. [N. Amer, Austral, NZ] The principal field of study of a student at a university
   "her major is linguistics"

1. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
   - John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major

1. Have as one's principal field of study
   "She is majoring in linguistics"

Type of: bailiwick, commissioned military officer, conference, discipline, educatee, field, field of study, league, national leader, pupil, solon, statesman, student, study, subject, subject area, subject field

Encyclopedia: Major, John Major Major, Saskatchewan Major, John Roy