Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Multitude \Mul"ti*tude\, n. [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 : WordNet®
multitude
n 1: a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a
multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"
[syn: {battalion}, {large number}, {plurality}, {pack}]
2: a large gathering of people [syn: {throng}, {concourse}]
3: the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the
mass"; "power to the people" [syn: {masses}, {mass}, {hoi
polloi}, {people}]