Majority

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority. Specifically:

2. The military rank of a major.

3. The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.

4. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.

5. Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.]

6. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality. To go over to, or To join, the majority, to die.