multitude

noun2

1. •
   A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.

   • Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.) — 1892
2. •
   The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace.

   • Along with its natural protectors and guardians, learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude. — 1790