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multitudes

multitudes noun: the mass of ordinary people; the populous or the masses. Also the plural of multitude.

Noun

multitudes

  1. The mass of ordinary people; the populous or the masses.
    • Last October she turned up at the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights pushing the wheelchair of a friend in the people with AIDS contingent and speaking to the queer multitudes at the post-March rally.1988 August 20, Christopher Wittke, “Good as Goldberg”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 6, page 7

Also used as

multitudes is also the plural of multitude.

Phrases with multitudes

Questions about multitudes

What does multitudes mean?
Multitudes means the mass of ordinary people; the populous or the masses.
What part of speech is multitudes?
Multitudes is a noun.

Words near multitudes in the dictionary

  1. multituberculates
  2. multituberculism
  3. multituberculy
  4. multitubular
  5. multitude
  6. multitudes
  7. multitudinal
  8. multitudinary
  9. multitudinism
  10. multitudinist
  11. multitudinistic

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