many an

Speech parts

1. many an - Adjective Satellite

2. many an - Determiner

Meaning

each of a large indefinite number

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

many a many another

Examples

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world. Woodrow Wilson

I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology. Oswald Spengler

Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art. Virgil

If thoughts were legal witnesses, many an honest man would be proved a rogue. Danish Proverb

Many an honest heart beats under a ragged coat. Irish Proverb

Many an injury comes from a fool's speech. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

many a time and oft many a times many a true word is spoken in jest many and varied many and various many animals