The Collaborative International Dictionary
major league \major league\ n. (Sports) The most important league[2] in any sport (especially baseball); contrasted with minor league. Its teams are more competent, its members are paid more, and its games attract more interest and publicity, than those of a minor league.
major-league \major-league\, major league \major league\a.
Of or pertaining to a major league; as, major-league football rules.
Among the best or most important of its class; as, a major-league computer manufacturer.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to a major sports league. 2 Analogous in importance to a major league sports team. 3 Serious, intensive. n. 1 An association of sports teams which plays at the highest skill level of its sport, especially Major League Baseball. 2 (context usually in plural or attributive English) The highest level of competition in a field of endeavor.
WordNet
n. the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) [syn: big league, majors]
Wikipedia
Major League may also refer to:
Major League is a 1989 American sports comedy film written and directed by David S. Ward, starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, James Gammon, Bob Uecker and Corbin Bernsen. Made for US$11 million, Major League grossed nearly US$50 million in domestic release. The film deals with the exploits of a fictionalized version of the Cleveland Indians baseball team and spawned two sequels ( Major League II and Back to the Minors, which were released by Warner Bros.), neither of which replicated the success of the original film.
Major League was an American rock band from Mantua Township, New Jersey. They were signed to No Sleep Records.
Usage examples of "major league".
The average NFL salary (according to figures provided by Players' Association general counsel, Ed Garvey) is $28,500, almost five grand less than the $33,000 average for major league baseball players, and about half the average salary (between $50,000 and $55,000) in the National Hockey League.
Always living under the specter of the machines, the Salusan Militia trained regularly for every scenario, as did Armada detachments for every major League system.
The military uses it, and major league baseball wants to make it mandatory.