many a : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: many a	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for many a
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
many a adj each of a large indefinite number; "many a man"; "many another day will come" Synonym(s): many a(a), many an(a), many another(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comparison is often expressed by many with as or so. [bd]As many as were willing hearted . . . brought bracelets.[b8] --Exod. xxxv. 22. [bd]So many laws argue so many sins.[b8] --Milton. Many stands with a singular substantive with a or an. {Many a}, a large number taken distributively; each one of many. [bd]For thy sake have I shed many a tear.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Full many a gem of purest ray serene.[b8] --Gray. {Many one}, many a one; many persons. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. {The many}, the majority; -- opposed to {the few}. See {Many}, n. {Too many}, too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are too many for us. --L'Estrange. Syn: Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various; divers; sundry.