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English Dictionary: plural by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plural
adj
  1. composed of more than one member, set, or kind [ant: singular]
  2. grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
    Antonym(s): singular
n
  1. the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
    Synonym(s): plural, plural form
    Antonym(s): singular, singular form
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
               Plural faith, which is too much by one.   --Shak.
  
      {Plural number} (Gram.), the number which designates more
            than one. See {Number}, n., 8.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plural \Plu"ral\, n. (Gram.)
      The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or
      denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.
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