Sentence:  A Southerner married to a New Englander , I have lived for <WSD>many</WSD> years in a Connecticut commuting town with a high percentage of artists , writers , publicity men , and business executives of egghead tastes . 
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