Major

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. A village in the Rural Municipality of Prairiedale, No. 321, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Origin

* 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.

Forms

Majors

Derived

Lake Major Major County Majorism Majorist Majorite Majors Creek Major's long-fingered bat Major's long-tailed tenrec Mount Major

Noun

  1. Title for an army officer with the rank of major.

Forms

Majors