THOUSAND

n. a.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.

2.
n.

Hence, indefinitely, a great number. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. Ps. xci. 7.

3.
n.

A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI.

4.
a.

Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.

5.
a.

Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. "Perplexed with a thousand cares." Shak.