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noun
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.
verb (used without object)
5.
to gather in a horde: The prisoners horded together in the compound.
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Origin:
1545–55; earlier also hord, horda ≪ Czech, Polish horda < Ukrainian dialect gordá, Ukrainian ordá, Old Russian (orig. in Zolotaya orda the Golden Horde), via Mongolian or directly < Turkic ordu, orda royal residence or camp (later, any military encampment, army); cf. Urdu
1545–55; earlier also hord, horda ≪ Czech, Polish horda < Ukrainian dialect gordá, Ukrainian ordá, Old Russian (orig. in Zolotaya orda the Golden Horde), via Mongolian or directly < Turkic ordu, orda royal residence or camp (later, any military encampment, army); cf. Urdu
Synonyms
1. mob, herd, throng.
1. mob, herd, throng.
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horde (hɔːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a vast crowd; throng; mob |
| 2. | a local group of people in a nomadic society |
| 3. | a nomadic group of people, esp an Asiatic group |
| 4. | a large moving mass of animals, esp insects |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (intr) to form, move in, or live in a horde |
| usage Horde is sometimes wrongly written where hoard is meant: a hoard (not horde) of gold coins | |
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Word Origin & History
horde
1555, from W. Turkic (cf. Tatar urda "horde," Turkish ordu "camp, army"), to Eng. via Polish, Fr., or Sp. The initial -h- seems to have been attached in Polish.
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Example sentences
The country's leaders seem unconcerned by this coming horde, jobless and angry.
Thus the group appears to us as a revival of the primal horde.
The characterization is wryly humorous, while a horde of ravenous lobsters give the plot a wildly ghoulish twist.
We venture out briefly from our safe houses to scavenge for food and weapons, but the horde is growing.
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