horde

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Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: hôd, IPA: /hɔːd/
• (America) enPR: hôrd, IPA: /hɔɹd/
• (rhotic, horse-hoarse) enPR: hōrd, IPA: /ho(ː)ɹd/
• (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /hoəd/

Noun

horde (plural hordes)

1. 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.
2. A large number of people.

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

   • 1907, Jack London, Before Adam, page Chapter IV

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

Translations

• French: horde
• German: Horde
• Italian: orda
• Portuguese: horda
• Russian: орда́
• Spanish: horda

Translations

• French: horde
• German: Horde
• Italian: orda
• Portuguese: multidão
• Russian: орда́

Verb

horde (hordes, present participle hording; past and past participle horded)

1. to travel en masse, to flock

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