majorityn.[F. majorit. See Major.]1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.()2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.()[Cf. L. majores.]3. Ancestors; ancestry.()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.()To go over to the majority or To join the majority, to die.()