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THOU'SAND, a. s as z.

1. Denoting the number of ten hundred.
2. Proverbially, denoting a great number indefinitely. It is a thousand chances to one that you succeed.

THOU'SAND, n. The number of ten hundred.

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. Psalms 91

Thousand is sometimes used plurally without the plural termination, as in the passage above, ten thousand but it often takes the plural termination. In former times, how many thousands perished by famine!

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Entry for 'Thousand'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​t/thousand.html.
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