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   horde

   /hɔːd/

   noun

   • 1. a large group of people: derogatory "a horde of beery rugby fans"
   • ▪ an army or tribe of nomadic warriors: "Tartar hordes"
   • 2. a small loosely knit social group typically consisting of about five families.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (originally denoting a tribe or troop of Tartar or other nomads): from Polish horda, from Turkish ordu ‘(royal) camp’.

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   • Definition of horde noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary a large crowd of people There are always hordes of tourists here in the summer. Football fans turned up in hordes. Definitions on the go Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.

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   How do you describe a horde of people?

   • For the past year, hordes of visitors had swarmed over the ship, chipping off bits as souvenirs. If the hordes of hungry locals queuing down the street are anything to go by, it's definitely worth a visit. If you describe a crowd of people as a horde, you mean that the crowd is very large and excited.

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   What is a horde of tourists?

   • There were a few North Americans, hordes of English, many South Americans, and a few Near-Easterners. The teeming hordes of tourists who descend on Manhattan in the summer rarely stray far from Times Square in search of theater. 2.b. A large (moving) group of animals, typically one considered as dangerous or destructive.

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   What is a hord?

   • 1.b. More generally: any similar group among other nomadic peoples. Chiefly historical, or in fictional worlds. One of our men went on land to their Tents, one of theirs remayning for hostage, in which Tents they liued by hoords, men, women, and children. Such were the Hords among the Goths, the Clans in Scotland, and Septs in Ireland.

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   Horde is a noun that can mean a political subdivision of central Asian nomads, a people or tribe of nomadic life, or a large unorganized group of individuals. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, etymology, and related words.

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   Horde is a noun meaning a large group of people, especially nomads, or a verb meaning to gather in a horde. Learn the origin, synonyms, and difference between horde and hoard.

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   Horde is a noun that means a large group of people, often disapprovingly, or in very great numbers. Learn how to use it in sentences and see translations in different languages.

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   Horde is a noun that means a large group of people. Find out how to say horde in different languages, such as Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese, and see examples of usage.

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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.

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   Horde is a noun that can mean a nomadic group, a social division, or a large crowd. It comes from Latin Hordas, which was used by medieval writers to describe the Mongol and Turkic peoples of Central Asia.