The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.
Hence, indefinitely, a great number. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. Ps. xci. 7.
A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI.
Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. "Perplexed with a thousand cares." Shak.
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