Multitude /(?)/

Mul·ti·tude

Multitude

n.
  1. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.
    But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.
    — Matt. ix. 36.
  2. A great number of persons or things, regarded collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares.
    It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they utterly neglect method in their harangues.
    A multitude of flowers As countless as the stars on high.
  3. The state of being many; numerousness.
    They came as grasshoppers for multitude.
    — Judg. vi. 5.

Phrases & Compounds
The multitude
the populace; the mass of men.