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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLU'RAL, a. [L. pluralis, from plus, pluris, more.]
1. Containing more than one; consisting of two or more, or designating two or more; as a plural word.
2. In grammar, the plural number is that which designates more than one, that is, any number except one. Thus in most languages, a word in the plural number expresses two or more. But the Greek has a dual number to express two; and the plural expresses more than two.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: composed of more than one member, set, or kind [ant: singular]
2: grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units [ant: singular] n
1: the form of a word that is used to denote more than one [syn: plural, plural form] [ant: singular, singular form]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French plurel, from Latin pluralis, from plur-, plus more — more at plus Date: 14th century 1. of, relating to, or constituting a class of grammatical forms usually used to denote more than one or in some languages more than two 2. relating to, consisting of, or containing more than one or more than one kind or class <a plural society> • plural noun • plurally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 more than one in number. 2 Gram. (of a word or form) denoting more than one, or (in languages with dual number) more than two. --n. Gram. 1 a plural word or form. 2 the plural number. Derivatives: plurally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF plurel f. L pluralis f. plus pluris more

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Plural Plu"ral, a. [L. pluralis, from plus, pluris, more; cf. F. pluriel, OF. plurel. See Plus.] Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word. Plural faith, which is too much by one. --Shak. Plural number (Gram.), the number which designates more than one. See Number, n., 8.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Plural Plu"ral, n. (Gram.) The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(plurals) 1. The plural form of a word is the form that is used when referring to more than one person or thing. 'Data' is the Latin plural form of 'datum'. ...his use of the plural pronoun 'we'. ? singular ADJ 2. The plural of a noun is the form of it that is used to refer to more than one person or thing. What is the plural of 'person'? N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

a certain number, a few, certain, composite, dual, more, more than one, nonuniqueness, not singular, number, numerous, numerousness, pluralism, pluralistic, plurality, pluralness, plurative, several, singular, some, trial, variety, various