/mul"ti toohd', -tyoohd'/ , n.
1. a great number; host: a multitude of friends.
2. a great number of people gathered together; crowd; throng.
3. the state or character of being many; numerousness.
4. the multitude , the common people; the masses.
[ 1275-1325; ME multitudo. See MULTI-, -TUDE ]
Syn. 2. mass. See crowd .