Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
MULTITUDE
multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed
(noun) the common people generally; âseparate the warriors from the massâ; âpower to the peopleâ
multitude, throng, concourse
(noun) a large gathering of people
battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack
(noun) a large indefinite number; âa battalion of antsâ; âa multitude of TV antennasâ; âa plurality of religionsâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
multitude (plural multitudes)
A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.
Synonym: hantel, hantle (Northern England, Scotland)
The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace.
Synonym: crowd
Source: Wiktionary
Mul"ti*tude, n. Etym: [F. multitude, L. multitudo, multitudinis, fr. multus much, many; of unknown origin.]
1. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. Matt. ix. 36.
2. A great number of persons or things, regarded collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares. It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they uttery neglect method in their harangues. I. Watts. A multitude of flowers As countless as the stars on high. Longfellow.
3. The state of being many; numerousness. They came as grasshoppers for multitude. Judg. vi. 5. The multitude, the populace; the mass of men.
Syn.
– Throng; crowd; assembly; assemblage; commonalty; swarm; populace; vulgar. See Throng.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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