[hawrd, hohrd] 
noun, verb, hord⋅ed, hord⋅ing.| 1. | a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists. |
| 2. | a tribe or troop of Asian nomads. |
| 3. | any nomadic group. |
| 4. | a moving pack or swarm of animals: A horde of mosquitoes invaded the camp. |
| 5. | to gather in a horde: The prisoners horded together in the compound. |
| horde (hôrd, hōrd) n.
[Ultimately (via Polish horda) from North-Western Turkic ordï, residence, court, from Old Turkic ordu.] |