major

military rank (OF-3)
Intangible military_rank Q983927
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major

Summary

major is a military rank[1]. major ranks in the top 5% of military_rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,823 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • major's instance of is recorded as military rank[3].
  • major's instance of is recorded as title of honor[4].
  • major's instance of is recorded as umbrella term[5].
  • major is a type of field officer[6].
  • major is a type of military officer[7].
  • major's Commons category is recorded as Majors[8].
  • major's said to be the same as is recorded as major[9].
  • major's said to be the same as is recorded as captain 3rd rank[10].
  • major's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Majors[11].
  • major's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • major's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • major's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • major's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • major's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[16].
  • major's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[17].
  • major's NATO code for grade is recorded as OF-3[18].
  • major's short name is recorded as mjr[19].
  • major's short name is recorded as mjr.[20].
  • major's different from is recorded as mayor[21].
  • major's different from is recorded as major scale[22].
  • major's female form of label is recorded as majorė[23].
  • major's male form of label is recorded as majoras[24].
  • major's next lower rank is recorded as captain[25].
  • major's next higher rank is recorded as lieutenant colonel[26].
  • major's next higher rank is recorded as podpolkovnik[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include military rank[3], title of honor[4], and umbrella term[5]. Recorded subclass of include field officer[6] and military officer[7].

Why It Matters

major ranks in the top 5% of military_rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,823 views/month).[2] major has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] major is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → military rank, title of honor, umbrella term
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q210588]]"
  2. 14w ago · Ponor · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → bojnik
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7982]]: bojnik"
  3. 18w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isco-08 occupation class → 0110
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33365|batch #33365]]: isco inferences from esco"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → major, captain 3rd rank
    Instance of → military rank, title of honor, umbrella term
    Subclass of → field officer, military officer
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 22901, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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