A charge carrier of the kind carrying the greater proportion of the electric current in a semiconducting material (i.e. an electron in n-type material, a hole in p-type material).
Origin
1950s.
Definition of majority carrier in US English:
majority carrier
noun
Electronics
A charge carrier of the kind carrying the greater proportion of the electric current in a semiconducting material (i.e. an electron in n-type material, a hole in p-type material).