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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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Plural faith, which is too much by one. --Shak.
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Plural number (Gram.), the number which designates more
than one. See Number, n., 8.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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WordNet Plural
adj : grammatical number category referring to two or more items
or units [ant: singular]
n : the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
[syn: plural form] [ant: singular]

Moby Dictionary
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

PLURAL. A term used in grammar, which signifies more than one. 2. Sometimes, however, it may be so expressed that it means only one, as, if a man were to devise to another all he was worth, if he, the testator, died without children, and he died leaving one child, the devise would not take effect. See Dig. 50, 16, 148; Id. 35, 1, 101, 1; Id. 3 1, 17, 4 Code, 6, 49, 6, 2; Shelf. on L 559, 589. See Singular.