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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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