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The multitude

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 utterly 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.