plural number

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plural number - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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