majority

noun6

1. •
   more than half of the people or things in a group

   • The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.
   • Those opposing the building plans were in the majority, so the building project was canceled.
2. •
   In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.

   • The ruling party had a narrow three-seat majority in the legislature.
   • The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%.
3. •
   Any share or fraction that is bigger than any one of its counterpart shares or fractions (of the same whole).
4. •
   (old-fashioned) Legal adulthood, age of majority.

   • By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.
5. •
   (UK) 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.
6. •
   Ancestors; ancestry.

   • Of evil parents an evil generation, a posterity not unlike their majority; of mischievous progenitors, a venomous and destructive progeny. — 1650