major suit

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   (bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts

   Broadersuit

   bridge

Questions about major suit

What does major suit mean?

major suit means "(bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts".

Is major suit a common word?

major suit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.