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Added 8 October 2026

crowd

/ˈkɹaʊ̯d/ noun

In Latin: frequentia, caterva, vulgus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about crowd at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A large number of things or people considered together.
a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers
An informal body of friends.
he still hangs out with the same crowd

verb

Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together.
We herded the children into a spare classroom
Fill or occupy to the point of overflowing.
The students crowded the auditorium
To gather together in large numbers.
men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah

Origin

From Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan, from Proto-West Germanic *krūdan, from Proto-Germanic *krūdaną, *kreudaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewt- (“to push; press”). Cognate with German Low German kroden (“to push, shove”), Dutch kruien (“to push, shove”). (group of people, mob): Compare typologically throng (<<~ Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną); Czech dav (akin to Russian дави́ть (davítʹ), да́вка (dávka)); Polish ciżba, ścisk (<~ ciskać, akin to ти́скать (tískatʹ)); Polish tłok, Russian толчея́ (tolčejá) (akin to толка́ть (tolkátʹ)).

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