a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
Many temptations. The temptations are many. A good many. A great many. Many directions. Take as many apples as you like. Too many clouds to see. Never saw so many people.
source: WordNet 3.0
Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.
source: Webster 1913
noun
A retinue of servants; a household.
source: Webster 1913
The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community.
