many a

English

Determiner

many a

1. (poetic) Many, a plentiful supply of.
   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter IV:

     So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

Usage notes

• Many a is always followed by a singular noun.
• Many a becomes many an before a vowel.

Derived terms

• many a time and oft

See also

• nary a

Anagrams

• Mayan