major league

noun

1
: a league of highest classification in U.S. professional baseball
broadly : a league of major importance in any of various sports
2
major-league adjective
major leaguer noun

Examples of major league in a Sentence

when you've landed a tenure-track position at that university, you're playing in the major leagues
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Chapman was a coach in the Yankees' minor league system and ended up joining Boone's major league staff in 2022 as a first base and infield coach. Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025 Starters Logan Gilbert and Luis Castillo both pitched in relief for the first time in their major league careers, while relievers Matt Brash and Eduard Bazardo made their longest ever appearances. Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025 That lack of consistency just isn’t major league. Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 The law, which removed national origin quotas established in the 1920s, greatly impacted who could immigrate to the U.S. In 1974: Frank Robinson was hired by the Cleveland Indians as baseball’s first Black major league manager. Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for major league

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of major league was in 1887

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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

major league

noun
: a league in the highest class of U.S. professional sports
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