Major, John BrE AmE
(1943–) a British politician in the Conservative Party, who became Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher was forced to leave this position in 1990, and was then elected in 1992. During his period as leader, which ended after his party lost the election in 1997, he had the difficult job of trying to settle disagreements in his party about the UK’s position in the European Union. He was thought of by many people as a pleasant man, but rather ‘grey’ (=boring) .