HORDE

horde, host, legion

(noun) a vast multitude

drove, horde, swarm

(noun) a moving crowd

horde

(noun) a nomadic community

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

horde (plural hordes)

A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

A large number of people.

Verb

horde (third-person singular simple present hordes, present participle hordeing or hording, simple past and past participle horded)

to travel en masse, to flock

Usage notes

• Sometimes confused with hoard.

Anagrams

• Herod, Rhode, Rohde

Source: Wiktionary


Horde, n. Etym: [F. horde (cf. G. horde), fr. Turk. ord, ordi, camp; of Tartar origin.]

Definition: A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. Thomson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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