/ploor"euhl/ , adj.
1. consisting of, containing, or pertaining to more than one.
2. pertaining to or involving a plurality of persons or things.
3. being one of such a plurality.
4. Gram. noting or pertaining to a member of the category of number, found in many languages, indicating that a word has more than one referent, as in English men, or more than two referents, as in Old English ge, meaning "you."
n. Gram.
5. the plural number.
6. a form in the plural.
[ 1350-1400; ME pluralis, equiv. to plur-, s. of plus PLUS + -alis -AL 1 ]