multitude
A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.
Other meanings
The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace.
Related words
- overmultitude
- contain multitudes
- multitudinous
- noun of multitude
Word history
From Latin "multitūdō" (great amount or number of people or things).
Where this comes from
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