a large open space for accommodating crowds, as in a railroad station.
5.
an area or grounds for racing, athletic sports, etc.
6.
an act or instance of running or coming together; confluence:
a concourse of events.
Origin
1350-1400;Middle Englishconcours < Middle French; replacing Middle Englishconcurs < Latinconcursus assembly, verbal noun corresponding to concurrere to assemble, collide. See concur, course
Examples from the web for concourse
Papers and files removed from the concourse shops at ground zero.
And certainly no thief was to be seen scurrying across the half-empty concourse with a bulky laptop bag slung over a shoulder.
It was the great event of the day, and attracted an immense concourse of people from all parts of the state.
The concourse will consist of two levels, a main lower concourse and a balcony upper concourse.
British Dictionary definitions for concourse
concourse
/ˈkɒnkɔːs; ˈkɒŋ-/
noun
1.
a crowd; throng
2.
a coming together; confluence: a concourse of events
3.
a large open space for the gathering of people in a public place
4.
(mainly US) a ground for sports, racing, athletics, etc
Word Origin
C14: from Old French concours, ultimately from Latin concurrere to run together, from currere to run
Word Origin and History for concourse
n.
late 14c., from Middle French concours, from Latin concursus "a running together," from past participle of concurrere (see concur). Originally "the flowing of a crowd of people;" sense of "open space in a built-up place" is American English, 1862.