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. 10d 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. 12w ago · Ponor · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id bojnik
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7982]]: bojnik"
  3. 16w 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. 16w 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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