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mul·ti·tude

[muhl-ti-tood, -tyood]
noun
1.
a great number; host: a multitude of friends.
2.
a great number of people gathered together; crowd; throng.
3.
the state or character of being many; numerousness.
4.
the multitude, the common people; the masses.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English < Latin multitūdō. See multi-, -tude


2. mass. See crowd.

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multitude (ˈmʌltɪˌtjuːd)
 
n
1.  a large gathering of people
2.  the multitude the common people
3.  a large number
4.  the state or quality of being numerous
 
[C14: via Old French from Latin multitūdō]

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multitude
early 14c., from L. multitudimen (nom. multitudo, gen. multitudinis) "a great number, crowd," from multus "many, much" + suffix -tudo. Related: Multitudes; multitudinous.
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