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noun a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists.
a tribe or troop of Asian nomads.
any nomadic group.
a moving pack or swarm of animals: A horde of mosquitoes invaded the camp.
verb (used without object), hord·ed, hord·ing. to gather in a horde: The prisoners horded together in the compound.
Origin of horde First recorded in 1545–55; earlier also hord, horda, ultimately from Czech, Polish horda, from Ukrainian dialect gordá, Ukrainian ordá, Old Russian (originally in the phrase Zolotaya orda “the Golden Horde”), via Mongolian or directly from Turkic ordu, orda “royal residence or camp” (later, “any military encampment, army”); cf. Urdu
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH horde hoard, horde Words nearby horde Horatian ode, Horatio, Horatio Alger, Horatius, Horatius Cocles, horde , hor. decub., hordein, hordeolum, Hordern, Horeb
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The airship was all in darkness, for lights drew a horde of insects.
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Eagerly he pictured his forthcoming reunion with his native horde —and with Yold, his father, chief of the horde .
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Turning to see from whence they proceeded, Mont saw a horde of savages in pursuit.
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Constantinople was again besieged, this time by a horde from the Russian wilderness under the chiefs Dir and Askold.
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It was that noise we heard in the night, and we were fully expecting a horde of these men of Kharili to pour upon our outpost.
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British Dictionary definitions for horde noun a vast crowd; throng; mob
a local group of people in a nomadic society
a nomadic group of people, esp an Asiatic group
a large moving mass of animals, esp insects
verb (intr) to form, move in, or live in a horde
Word Origin for horde C16: from Polish horda, from Turkish ordū camp; compare Urdu
usage for horde Horde is sometimes wrongly written where hoard is meant: a hoard (not horde ) of gold coins
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