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   multitude

   /ˈmʌltɪtjuːd/

   noun

   • 1. a large number of people or things: "a multitude of medical conditions are due to being overweight" Similar a lota great/large numbera great/large quantityhosthordemassmountaindrovesswarmarmylegionseaabundanceprofusionscoresquantitiesinformal:lotsloadsmassesstacksheapstonsdozenshundredsthousandsmillionsbillionszillionsshedloadslewgazillionsbazillionsgobsswagvulgar slang:shitload
   • ▪ the mass of ordinary people without power or influence: "placing ultimate political power in the hands of the multitude" Similar crowdgatheringassemblygroupassemblagecongregationflockthronghordemobrare:concoursethe common peoplethe populacethe publicthe peoplethe massesthe rank and filethe crowdthe commonalitythe commonaltythe third estatethe plebeiansthe hoi polloithe mobthe proletariatthe common herdthe rabblethe riff-raffthe canaillethe great unwashedthe ragtag (and bobtail)prolesplebsOpposite the elite
   • ▪ the state of being numerous: "they would swarm over the river in their multitude"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin multitudo, from multus ‘many’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ulysses_(novel)Ulysses (novel) - Wikipedia

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   5 hours ago · Ulysses is a modernist novel by the Irish writer James Joyce. Parts of it were first serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce's fortieth birthday. It is considered one of the most important works of modernist ...

   • Author: John W. Presley, James Joyce, Hans Walter Gabler, Wolfhard Steppe, Claus Melchior

   • Publish Year: 1922