Thou"sand (?), n. [OE. þousend, þusend, AS. þ&umac;send; akin to OS. th&umac;sundig, th&umac;sind, OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. tsunt, dsunt, Icel. þ&umac;sund, þ&umac;shund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. þ&umac;sundi, Lith. tukstantis, Russ. tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.]
1.
The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.
2.
Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand.
Ps. xci. 7.
⇒ The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note under Hundred.
3.
A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI.
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Thou"sand, a.
1.
Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
2.
Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.
"Perplexed with a
thousand cares."
Shak.
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