Sentence:  Word reached the company that the man behind these depredations was Manuel Gonzales , a man with <WSD>many</WSD> followers , including a number who were kept in line through fear of him . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number