Word Meanings - MAJORATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The office or rank of a major.

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• MAJOR GENERAL
  . An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
• MAJORSHIP
  The office of major.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• MAJORATION
  Increase; enlargement. Bacon.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• MAJORCAN
  Of or pertaining to Majorca. -- n.
• MAJOR
  Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. Major axis , the greater axis. See Focus, n., 2. -- Major key , a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major
• MAJORAT
  Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it. (more info) 1. The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.
• MAJOR-DOMO
  A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer.
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• MAJORITY
  Ancestors; ancestry. 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,
• MAJORATE
  The office or rank of a major.
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• AID-MAJOR
  The adjutant of a regiment.
• VIS MAJOR
  A superior force which under certain circumstances is held to exempt from contract obligations; inevitable accident; -- a civil-law term used as nearly equivalent to, but broader than, the common-law term act of God .
• SUBOFFICER
  An under or subordinate officer.
• DRUM MAJOR
  . 1. The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers. 2. The marching leader of a military band. 3. A noisy gathering. See under Drum, n.,
• TIERCE-MAJOR
  See 4
• UNDEROFFICER
  A subordinate officer.