Drum Major :: Drum major () The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers.
Drum Major :: Drum major () The marching leader of a military band.
Drum Major :: Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4..
Etat Major :: Etat Major () The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers..
Majesty :: Majesty (n.) The dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whether proceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing loftiness; stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity of sovereigns..
Majesty :: Majesty (n.) Hence, used with the possessive pronoun, the title of an emperor, king or queen; -- in this sense taking a plural; as, their majesties attended the concert..
Majesty :: Majesty (n.) Dignity; elevation of manner or style.
Majolica :: Majolica (n.) A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century..
Major :: Major (a.) Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory..
Major :: Major (a.) Of greater dignity; more important.
Major :: Major (a.) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference]..
Major General :: 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..
Major-domo :: Major-domo (n.) A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer..
Majorat :: Majorat (a.) The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.