a host of men
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “an hoost of men”.
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also used for
- angels, sparrows, locusts
- Also spelled
- Oost (1486), hoost (1486)
Subject · People → General
Men
A group of men can be called: host
- Collective nouns
- 1
- Category
- People
- Subcategory
- General
- High confidence
- 1
- Book of St Albans
- 1