Meaning

• More than half (50%) of some group.

  "The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best."

• The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes.

  "The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%."

• Legal adulthood.

  "By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice."

• The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.

  "On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority."

• Ancestors; ancestry.