majority \major"ity\, n.; pl. majorities. f. majorit'e.
   see major.
   1. the quality or condition of being major or greater;
      superiority. specifically:
      a the military rank of a major.
      b the condition of being of full age, or authorized by
          law to manage one's own affairs.
          1913 webster

   2. the greater number; more than half; as, a majority of
      mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
      1913 webster

   3. cf. l. majores. ancestors; ancestry. obs.
      1913 webster

   4. 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.
      1913 webster

   to go over to the majority or to join the majority, to
      die.
      1913 webster
see also:
majorities major plurality to go over to the majority to join the majority