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MULTITUDE
multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed
(noun) the common people generally; “separate the warriors from the mass”; “power to the people”
multitude, throng, concourse
(noun) a large gathering of people
battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack
(noun) a large indefinite number; “a battalion of ants”; “a multitude of TV antennas”; “a plurality of religions”
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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