Mŭl'ti-tūde, n.

(53), n. [Fr. multitude, Pr. multitut, Sp. multitud, It. multitudine, moltitudine, Lat. multitudo, multitudinis, from multus, much, many.]

1. The state of being many; numerousness.
2. A great number of individuals; a numerous collection or gathering; a crowd.

It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they utterly neglect method in their harangues. Watts. He the vast hissing multitude admires. Addison. The multitude, the populace; the mass of men. Syn.—Throng; crowd; assembly; assemblage; commonalty; swarm; populace; vulgar. See THRONG.