mass meeting

American  

noun

1. a large or general assembly to discuss or hear discussed some matter of common interest or concern.

   a mass meeting to protest the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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Etymology

Origin of mass meeting

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35

Example Sentences

In mid-July, the bargaining will gather serious momentum when the union holds a mass meeting and strike authorization vote at T-Mobile Park.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Louis Lloyd Anderson, then-pastor of Tabernacle, agreed to open the church’s doors for the movement’s first mass meeting.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2021

On this date in 1861, declaring that Arizona had been deserted and left to the Apaches by the federal government, 68 citizens held a mass meeting in Tucson and voted to join the Confederacy.

From Washington Times • Aug. 5, 2020

The disaffected residents of Manchester — owners of small businesses, intellectuals and weavers toiling in the newly mechanized mills — plan a mass meeting.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2019

The leaders sure weren’t going to invite a pregnant teenager up onstage during a mass meeting.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose