Majority

noun

1. More than half (50%) of some group.

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

2. 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%."

3. Legal adulthood.

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

4. 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."

5. Ancestors; ancestry.