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major-league

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ma⋅jor-league

  [mey-jer-leeg]
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–adjective
1. Sports. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
2. belonging to or among the best or most important of its kind: a major-league orchestra.
Origin:
1905–10, Americanism
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ma·jor-league   (mā'jər-lēg')
adj.  

  1. Sports Of or relating to a major league: major-league baseball.

  2. Informal Prominent or important: a major-league ballet company; a major-league decision.

  3. Informal Impressive, as in extent or quantity: "a destination for major-league wooing" (Bryan Miller).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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