Concourse
WordNet
noun
(1) A coming together of people
(2) A wide hallway in a building where people can walk
(3) A large gathering of people
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A large open space in a building where people can gather.
- A large group of people; a crowd.
- 1727 - Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Page 1 first paragraph
- About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives retired, yet in good esteem among his neighbours.
- 1727 - Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Page 1 first paragraph
- The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; confluence.
- 1662 - Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, First Day:
- ... there was only wanting the concourse of rains ...
- 1662 - Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, First Day: