Major Explained

Major most commonly refers to:

• Major (rank), a military rank
• Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits
• People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames
• Major and minor in music, an interval, chord, scale, or key
• Major sport competitions

Major(s) or The Major may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

• Old Major, a pig in Animal Farm
• Major Major Major Major, in Catch-22
• The Major (Hellsing)
• Major (Cinderella), a horse in Disney's Cinderella
• Major Gowen or the Major, in Fawlty Towers
• Motoko Kusanagi or the Major, in Ghost in the Shell

Film, television, theatre and print

• The Major, a 1963 BBC natural history documentary film
• The Major (film), a 2013 Russian action film
• Major (film), a 2022 Indian biopic
• Major (manga), a sports manga and anime series by Takuya Mitsuda
• The Major (play), an 1881 American musical comedy
• "The Major" (The Blacklist), a 2015 episode of The Blacklist
• Major!, a 2015 documentary about Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Music

• Majors (band), a Danish hip-hop group
• The Majors (band), an American R&B group
• Major (American musician) (born 1984), American pop soul musician and actor
• Major, nickname of Klaus Heuser (born 1957), German rock guitarist and producer
• Major, a method of change ringing for eight church bells

People

• Major (given name), including people with the nickname
• Major (surname)
• Majors (surname)
• Major (law), a person with the full legal rights of an adult
• Sir John Major. a former British Prime Minister and Conservative Party Leader

Places

• Major, Saskatchewan, Canada, a village
• Lake Major, Nova Scotia, Canada, a lake and a community
• Major, Romania, the Hungarian name of Maieru, a commune in Transylvania
• Major, Kentucky, United States, an unincorporated community
• Mount Major, New Hampshire, United States

Science, technology and transportation

• Major (cider apple)
• Major (Dutch Elm) Ulmus × hollandica 'Major', a Dutch Elm cultivar
• Major (fly), a genus of flies
• Morris Major, an Australian car model 1958–1964
• Morris Major (1931 to 1933), a British automobile

Sports

• Major, or "major score," is a synonym for a touchdown in Canadian football
• Tennis Majors, also known as Grand Slam, the most important tournaments in the sport
• Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada or majors
• Golf Majors, the most prestigious championships in men's golf
• Senior major golf championships
• Women's major golf championships
• Senior women's major golf championships
• Dota Major Championships, a class of Dota 2 esports tournaments
• Counter-Strike Major Championships, developer-sponsored Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike 2 tournaments.

Other uses

• Major suit or major in contract bridge, namely hearts and spades
• Major film studios, often known collectively as the majors
• Major's, an American chain of department stores
• Major, a Carroll's cigarette brand
• Major (Joe Biden's dog), a German shepherd owned by Joe Biden
• Major (Franklin D. Roosevelt's dog), a German shepherd owned by Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Major, an American tactical missile developed by Redstone Arsenal

See also

• • • Major Major (band), a UK indie rock band
• Major Minor (disambiguation)
• Mayor (disambiguation)
• Maior