The Collaborative International Dictionary
Plural number
Plural \Plu"ral\, a. [L. pluralis, from plus, pluris, more; cf. F. pluriel, OF. plurel. See Plus.] Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word.
Plural faith, which is too much by one.
--Shak.
Plural number (Gram.), the number which designates more than one. See Number, n., 8.
Usage examples of "plural number".
By a like pleasant fiction his single chamber was always mentioned in a plural number.