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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A retinue of servants; a household. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community. After him the rascal many ran. Spenser.

2. A large or considerable number. A many of our bodies shall no doubt Find native graves. Shak. Seeing a great many in rich gowns. Addison. It will be concluded by manythat he lived like an honest man. Fielding.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few. Thou shalt be a father of many nations. Gen. xvii. 4. Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 1 Cor. i. 26.

Synonyms: Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various; divers; sundry.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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