horde

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  1. noun A large group or crowd; a swarm: a horde of mosquitoes. See Synonyms at crowd1.
  2. noun A nomadic Mongol tribe.
  3. noun A nomadic tribe or group.

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  • "But you can only loft Che so far, from one fixed place, and those goblins of the horde will be all over." —  Volk
  • Either this horde is a bunch of trained and paid shills or your assertion is incorrect. —  RealClimate
  • Urdu is a Mongolian and Turkish word meaning "military camp" and is the root of the English word "horde." —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • O, Yogi, essence of our poets, your word horde --- tho not deep, is distinct, your voice unique, rhythms just right. —  New Verse News
  • Navigating the horde is also more of a challenge, a result of the limited mobility of the "Resident Evil" control scheme. —  Infendo - Nintendo blog
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swarm ·  mob ·  throng ·  multitude ·  tribe ·  gang ·  army ·  legion ·  host ·  band ·  invader ·  thousand

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horde:   hordes
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Ultimately (via Polish horda) from North-Western Turkic ordï, residence, court, from Old Turkic ordu.

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  1. = Dutch horde = German horde = Danish horde = Swedish hord, from French horde (16th century) = Spanish horda = Portuguese horda = Italian oraa, a horde, = Bohemian Servian ordija = Little Russian orda, an army, = Arabic ‘aurdui, a camp, from Turkish ordū, urdū, ordī, ordā, a camp, from Persian ōrdū, a court, camp, horde of Tatars, also urdū, a camp, an army, the Hindustani language: see Urdu. The initial h is unoriginal, and is due to the French.
  2. from horde, n.
 

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