A large number of people or things.
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
to travel en masse, to flock
A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important.
A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader; comitatus.