MULTITUDE. The meaning of this word is not very certain. By some it is said that to make a multitude there must be ten persons at least, while others contend that the law has not fixed any number. Co. Litt. 257.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration. "In a multitude of consellors there is wisdom," saith the proverb. If many men of equal individual wisdom are wiser than any one of them, it must be that they acquire the excess of wisdom by the mere act of getting together. Whence comes it? Obviously from nowhere -- as well say that a range of mountains is higher than the single mountains composing it. A multitude is as wise as its wisest member if it obey him; if not, it is no wiser than its most foolish.

Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
 

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. [1913 Webster]

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. --Matt. ix. 36. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they utterly neglect method in their harangues. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]

A multitude of flowers As countless as the stars on high. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

3. The state of being many; numerousness. [1913 Webster]

They came as grasshoppers for multitude. --Judg. vi. 5. [1913 Webster]

The multitude, the populace; the mass of men. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Throng; crowd; assembly; assemblage; commonalty; swarm; populace; vulgar. See Throng. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

multitude

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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 uttery 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)