(politics) A political party with a strong influence in a country's politics.

(sports) Someone who plays in a major league

(astronomy) Any of the 8 celestial bodies which orbit the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (a celestial body that fits the 2006 IAU definition of planet).

plural of major planet

Synonym of tyranny of the majority

(politics) A situation in which a government or other authority democratically supported by a majority of its subjects makes policies or takes actions benefiting that majority, without regard for the rights or welfare of the rest of its subjects.

plural of major premise

plural of drum major

(US) A faction of the US Republican Party whose policies include conservatism on social and personal matters, infusing religion into the American political process.

A Major Mitchell's Cockatoo.