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Major is a military rank the use of which varies according to country.
Moreover, Major frequently denotes a mid-level command status officer
(immediately superior to the rank of Captain and immediately subordinate to
the rank of Lieutenant Colonel), however in some armies major is
essentially a senior NCO (non-commissioned officer), a usage derived from
"sergeant-major".
Early history In considering terms of rank it is important to understand
that the early evolution of the terms often was outside of English, and
that the term always has been of essentially international distribution. In
general European usage, the rank of Major originates from Romance
comparative adjectives with the sense of Latin maior (also spelled major),
meaning 'senior' and 'greater'. Historically all Majors, Sergeants Major,
and Major Generals (to use English forms) derive from the rank, or rather t
