majority noun pl. Majorities (#). [F. majorité. 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.

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

3. [Cf. L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.]

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.

-- Webster's unabridged 1913