major suit

noun

Bridge.

1. hearts or spades, especially with reference to their higher point values.

major suit

noun

1. bridge hearts or spades Compare minor suit

Word History and Origins

Origin of major suit¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Texas, was the third time the high court has taken up a major suit on the ACA.

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But the Justice Department, after its own 16-month investigation, filed a major suit against Google on Tuesday relying on those very same antitrust laws.

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In “Caravaggio’s Cardsharps on Trial,” Spear provides a detailed, insider’s account of a major suit brought in London against Sotheby’s auction house.

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South had such a device: he bid two diamonds to show diamonds and a major suit.

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It is “normal” to lead a major suit after this sequence.

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