What does "multitude" mean?
Multitude: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.The state of being many; numerousness. They came as grasshoppers for multitude. Judg. vi.
- 3.The multitude, the populace; the mass of men. See Throng.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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