Horde Definition

hôrd
horde, hordes, hording
noun
hordes
A nomadic tribe or clan of Mongols.
Webster's New World
A large, moving crowd or throng; swarm.
Webster's New World
Any wandering tribe or group.
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Synonyms:
verb
horde, hordes, hording
To form or gather in a horde.
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Other Word Forms of Horde

Noun

Singular:
horde
Plural:
hordes

Origin of Horde

  • 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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian орда (ordá), which may come directly from Mongol or from West Turkic (compare Tatar urda, 'horde', Turkish ordu, 'camp, army'), from Mongolian orda, ordu, 'court, camp, horde'; akin to Kalmuk orda.

    From Wiktionary

Horde Sentence Examples

  • One bad plague or invading horde would leave pretty much everyone starving.

  • With piercing war cries, two forms broke from the horde before her.

  • Astrological signs span a horde of planets and houses.

  • Possibly the Bulgarians and Khazars were offshoots of the same horde.

  • Torches lit the area, but it was impossible to tell her men from Memon's horde.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

EDERDE

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