horde, host, legion
(noun) a vast multitude
drove, horde, swarm
(noun) a moving crowd
horde
(noun) a nomadic community
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
horde (third-person singular simple present hordes, present participle hordeing or hording, simple past and past participle horded)
to travel en masse, to flock
• Sometimes confused with hoard.
• 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
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
