an army; a large number of men; a great multitude of people, animals, birds, insects, or things.
Hopping
Horde
Host
Hosting
Hotchpotch, Hodgepodge
Examples: host of angels; of arguments; of books; of golden daffodils; of debaters; of facts; of heaven [angels]; of hoteliers [modern]; of imagery; of images; of men; of monks; of odds and ends; of parasites—Madden; of questions; of sparrows; of thoughts; of tongues; of trunks [piles of luggage].