horde

horde

a wandering group or a swarm: A horde of mosquitoes invaded the camp.

Not to be confused with:

hoard – a stash; to store away: In wartime people have a tendency to hoard supplies.

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horde

 (hôrd)

n.

1. A large group or crowd; a swarm: a horde of mosquitoes. See Synonyms at crowd¹.

2.

a. A nomadic Mongol or Turkic tribe.

b. A nomadic tribe or group.

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[Ultimately (via German Horde, Polish horda, and kindred words in other languages of central Europe, with initial h-, of obscure origin) from Ukrainian orda, tribe or army of Mongols and Turkic peoples (as the Golden Horde) from North-Western Turkic ordï, encampment, residence, court, from Old Turkic ordu.]

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horde

(hɔːd)

n

1. a vast crowd; throng; mob

2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a local group of people in a nomadic society

3. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a nomadic group of people, esp an Asiatic group

4. (Zoology) a large moving mass of animals, esp insects

vb

(intr) to form, move in, or live in a horde

[C16: from Polish horda, from Turkish ordū camp; compare Urdu]

Usage: Horde is sometimes wrongly written where hoard is meant: a hoard (not horde) of gold coins

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horde

(hɔrd, hoʊrd)

n., v. hord•ed, hord•ing. n.

1. a large group, multitude, or number; crowd.

2. a tribe or troop of Asian nomads.

3. any nomadic group.

4. a moving pack or swarm of animals.

v.i.

5. to gather in a horde.

[1545–55; « Czech, Polish horda « Turkic ordu, orda royal residence or camp; compare Urdu]

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Horde

 a great company, esp. of savage or uncivilized people. See also gang, rabble, troop.

Examples: horde of barbarians: of Gauls, 1838; of gnats; of Goths, 1695; of insects, 1834; of misers—Lipton, 1970; of pirates, 1837; of regicides, 1796; of savages—Brewer, Tartars, 1594; of wolves, 1864; of young readers, 1888.

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horde

Past participle: horded
Gerund: hording

Imperative

horde

horde

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	horde - a vast multitude host, legion concourse, throng, multitude - a large gathering of people
	2.	horde - a nomadic community community - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" Golden Horde - a Mongolian army that swept over eastern Europe in the 13th century
	3.	horde - a moving crowd       swarm, drove crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"

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horde

noun crowd, mob, swarm, press, host, band, troop, pack, crew, drove, gang, multitude, throng A horde of people was screaming for tickets.

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horde

noun

1. An enormous number of persons gathered together:

crowd, crush, drove, flock, mass, mob, multitude, press, ruck, swarm, throng.

2. A very large number of things grouped together:

army, cloud, crowd, drove, flock, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, ruck, score (used in plural), swarm, throng.

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Translations

حَشْدٌ مِن، عَدَد كَبير من

hordahouf

hordesværm

Horde

horda

horde

horda

horda

hjörî, mergî

ordatorma

orda

barspūlis

hordemenneskemasse

horda

horda

ордаполчище

kalabalıkordu

群

horde

[hɔːd] N (= large number, crowd) → multitud f (Hist) → horda f

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horde

[ˈhɔː^rd] n (= crowd) → horde f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

horde

n

(of wild animals) → Horde f; (of insects) → Schwarm m

(inf) → Masse f; (of football fans, children etc) → Horde f (pej)

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horde

[hɔːd] n → orda
hordes of screaming children → un'orda di bambini urlanti

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

horde

(hoːd) noun

a crowd or large number (of people etc). Hordes of tourists thronged the temple. horde حَشْدٌ مِن، عَدَد كَبير من орда horda houf; horda die Horde horde; sværm ορδήhorda; multitud kari گروه lauma hordeהמון भीड़ horda, rulja horda orang banyak hjörð, mergð orda 群れ 큰 무리 minia, orda bars; pūlis begitu ramai atau banyak hordehorde, menneskemasse horda ټولګی، ډله horda ceată полчище húf horda horda hord ฝูงชน kalabalık 一大群(人) орда گروہ bầy, lũ, đám （人）群

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