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horde

HORD/hɔɹd/SayHAWDUK/hɔːd//hoːd/

Pluralhordes

Often confused with hoard

3 meanings of horde

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A very big group of people or things.

    A horde of kids ran into the pool as soon as it opened.

    We got to the beach early to beat the hordes.

    Similarcrowd, swarm, throng, mob, multitude

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A group of people who travel from place to place, often to find grass for their animals or to rob others.

    The horde moved its tents and animals to new grass every few weeks.

    People in the town hid their food when they heard the horde was coming.

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Less common meaning

  1. 3
    verb
    to travel en masse, to flock

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Origin

It came into English in the 1500s through French, German and Polish from Russian ordá, and probably goes back to a Turkic word for an army camp.