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
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Noun



  1. A large open space in a building where people can gather.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 ...
 
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