many

Amounting to or consisting of a large indefinite number.

Being one of a large indefinite number; numerous.

The majority of the people; the masses.

A large indefinite number.

A large number of persons or things.

(as many) The same number of.

See meiny.

A multitude; a great aggregate; specifically, the mass of people; the generality; the common herd.

A considerable number: with the indefinite article, and followed by of expressed or understood.

[The phrase a many (as well as a pretty many) is now rare or colloquial; yet a good many and a great many are still in common use.]