Antonyms for majors

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mey-jer

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪ dʒər

Definition of majors

Origin : c.1300, from Latin maior (earlier *magjos), irregular comparative of magnus "large, great" (see magnate). Used in music (of modes, scales, or chords) since 1690s, on notion of an interval a half-tone greater than the minor.

As in specialty : noun distinctive feature; concentration
As in big league : noun major league
As in big time : noun major league
As in major league : noun main sports league

Example sentences :

Cap'ns are plenty as June bugs, but Majors and Gen'rals are scarce.
Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

He was the active spirit of the firm of Russel, Majors & Waddel.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

Colonels, majors, and captains were rallying the disheartened men.
Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin

One of the majors, or the Adjutant, might do it with less danger.
Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

But the Majors did not seem to see it, so they sent in their papers too.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 25, 1893 » by Various

The two majors were sitting in a dug-out no bigger than a trench-slit.
Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

Terence knocked at the door of one house, and his majors at that of the other.
Extract from : « Under Wellington's Command » by G. A. Henty

The adjutant informs the majors what the formation is to be.
Extract from : « Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 » by United States War Department

I began to feel that I had known these captains and majors and lieutenants all my life.
Extract from : « Trapped in 'Black Russia' » by Ruth Pierce

But I should like to know to which class of majors you belong, tambour-major or sergeant-major?
Extract from : « Major Frank » by A. L. G. Bosboom-Toussaint

Synonyms for majors

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