Major

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

Common meanings

  • Major (rank), a military rank
  • Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits
  • Major and minor in music, an interval, chord, scale, or key
  • Major suit or major in contract bridge, namely hearts and spades
  • John Major (born 1943), British prime minister from 1990 to 1997

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

  • Old Major, a pig in Animal Farm
  • Major Major Major Major, in Catch-22
  • The Major (Hellsing)
  • Major, a Majungasaurus featured in the 2024 animated series Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
  • 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)
  • Ann Major, pen name of Margaret Major Cleaves (born 1946), American romance novelist
  • Lee Major, stage name of Leigh Elliott (fl. 2008–present), American hip hop producer
  • Lee Majors, stage name of American actor Harvey Lee Yeary (born 1939)
  • Major (law), a person with the full legal rights of an adult

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

Plants and animals

  • Major (cider apple)
  • Major (Dutch Elm) Ulmus × hollandica 'Major', a Dutch Elm cultivar
  • Major (fly), a genus of flies
  • 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

Sports

  • Major, or "major score," 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
  • Snooker major tournaments
  • 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

  • Morris Major, an Australian car model (1958–1964)
  • Morris Major (1931 to 1933), a British automobile
  • Major film studios, often known collectively as the majors
  • Major's, an American chain of department stores
  • Major, a Carroll's cigarette brand
  • Major, an American tactical missile developed by Redstone Arsenal

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Major
  • All pages with titles containing major
  • Major Major (band), a UK indie rock band
  • Major Minor (disambiguation)
  • Mayor (disambiguation)
  • Maior