English Dictionary
Definition of “horde”
horde (hɔːd
)
Definitions
noun
- a vast crowd; throng; mob
- a local group of people in a nomadic society
- a nomadic group of people, esp an Asiatic group
- a large moving mass of animals, esp insects
verb
- (intr) to form, move in, or live in a horde
Word Origin
C16: from Polish horda, from Turkish ordū camp; compare Urdu
Synonyms
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crowd,
mob,
swarm,
press,
host,
band,
troop,
pack,
crew,
drove,
gang,
multitude,
throng,
Usage examples
He hurried downstairs, got a place amongst the horde against the barrier.
Davis, John Gordon, Seize the Reckless Wind (1985)From the opening chord, the moshpit is a sweaty horde of bounding tracky tops.
NME (New Musical Express) (2002)Fighting the unruly horde is the music and movie industry, which has money on its side.
New Zealand Herald (2004)Adorable ant Flik decides to fight back when a horde of greedy grasshoppers steal his colony's harvest.
Sun, News of the World (1999)But the Afghans were courageous fighters, and turning this horde into an effective army was neither ridiculous nor impossible.
Ben Macintyre, JOSIAH THE GREAT: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King (2004)
