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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Thousand

Thou'sand, a.

adjective

a. [A-S. thūsend, O. Sax. thusundig, thusint, O. Fries. thusend, dusent, Icel. thúsund, thúsundruð, Goth. thúsundi; i. e., ten times a hundred, from thús, for tigus, taihun, ten, and hund, hundred; Sw. tusend, Dan. tusind, D. duizend, O. D. duysent, L. Ger. dusend, O. H. Ger. dūsunt, tūsunt, M. H. Ger. tūsent, N. H. Ger. tausend.]

  1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
  2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. “Perplexed with a thousand cares.” Shak.

Thou'sand, n.

noun

n. 1. The number of ten hundred; the sum of ten times one hundred.

Sense 2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number.

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. Ps. xci. 7.

☞ Thousand is sometimes used plurally, without the plural termination, as in the passage above, ten thousand; but it often takes the plural termination; as, how many thousands perished by famine!

Sense 3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1000, M, or CIO.