mass meeting

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mass meeting¹

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35

Example Sentences

"You say you won't fight to free Negroes," President Lincoln wrote reproachfully to a mass meeting in Illinois in 1863.

From The Daily Beast

Instead of obeying, the officers and men held a mass meeting to draft their remonstrance to the Directory.

From Project Gutenberg

Dawes said they wanted help; that they were going to hold a mass meeting in Strathcona the following morning at nine o'clock.

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Owing to these thorough precautions the threatened mass meeting collapsed.

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On September 17, the day after the second vote on this matter, a mass meeting was called at Frankfort.

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The people of Wurtemberg, in a turbulent mass-meeting, demanded coalition with both of these countries.

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