horde

CEFRC1

/hɔːd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large group of people moving or acting together.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A large number of people or things.

Examples

  • The Golden Horde wreaked havoc and death all around Eurasia.

  • Tom was surrounded by a horde of screaming fangirls.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /hoːd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To travel en masse; to flock.

  2. A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

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In context

  • We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.

  • It is true, the more progressive members of our horde lived in the caves above the river.

  • And so Tarzan of the Apes dropped lightly to the turf into the midst of the fierce and hideous horde—he had completed the cycle of evolution, and had returned to be once again a brute among brutes.

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Origin

noun

Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian орда́ (ordá, “horde, clan, troop”), probably from Kipchak Turkic (compare Tatar урда (urda, “horde”)), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“place of staying of the army, ruler etc.”). Cognates include Turkish ordu (“camp, army”), Mongolian орд (ord, “court, castle, royal compound, camp, horde”) and Kalmyk орда (orda). Doublet of orda and Urdu.