Multitude
Multitude , noun
[French multitude, Latin multitudo, multitudinis, from 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.
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 utterly neglect method in their harangues.
A multitude of flowers
As countless as the stars on high.
3.
The state of being many; numerousness.
They came as grasshoppers for multitude.
Collocations (1)
The multitude , the populace; the mass of men.