horde en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ho(ː)ɹd/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- /hɔːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /hoːd/ (Australia)
- /hɔɹd/ (General-American)
- hôd (Received-Pronunciation)
- hôd (Australia)
- (US) audio
- (Australia) audio
- hōrd rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- hôrd (General-American)
- /hoəd/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
Etymology
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.
Meanings
- (collective) 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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(collective) A large number of people or things.
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.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 197: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.
1907, Jack London, Before Adam, Chapter IV:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hordes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
yellow horde · hordesman · hordal · Golden Horde · primal horde · horde mode · hordelike
Translations (81)
vo nomadatrup (wandering troop or gang) · nl horde (a large number of people) · bg пълчи́ще (a large number of people) · mi tini (a large number of people) · sh hȏrda (wandering troop or gang) · uk орда́ (wandering troop or gang) · cmn 汗國 /汗国 (wandering troop or gang) · ja オルド (wandering troop or gang) · mk орда (wandering troop or gang) · ro hoardă (wandering troop or gang) · ota قالابالق (a large number of people) · sh ру̏ља (a large number of people) · pl horda (wandering troop or gang) · ru орда́ (wandering troop or gang) · cs horda (wandering troop or gang) · sh хо̑рда (wandering troop or gang) · ca horda (wandering troop or gang) · uz oʻrda (wandering troop or gang) · cmn 移動 /移动 (a large number of people) · ru по́лчище (a large number of people) · mi tinimano (a large number of people) · nl horde (wandering troop or gang) · fi orda (wandering troop or gang) · mn орд (wandering troop or gang) · tr ordu (wandering troop or gang) · hu sereg (a large number of people) · mi manomano (a large number of people) · nog орда (wandering troop or gang) · mn ᠣᠷᠳ᠋ᠤ (wandering troop or gang) · es horda (wandering troop or gang) · it orda (wandering troop or gang) · sh hȏrda (a large number of people) · nb horde (wandering troop or gang) · ga slua (a large number of people) · az qoşun (wandering troop or gang) · cmn 斡耳朵 (wandering troop or gang) · tt урда (wandering troop or gang) · eo hordo (a large number of people) · da horde (a large number of people) · sah ордуу (wandering troop or gang) · ota سوری (a large number of people) · cs horda (a large number of people) · fr horde (a large number of people) · kk орда (wandering troop or gang) · ky ордо (wandering troop or gang) · fi ihmislauma (a large number of people) · pt horda (wandering troop or gang) · be арда́ (wandering troop or gang) · mk толпа (a large number of people) · sv hord (wandering troop or gang) · ota كومه (a large number of people) · cmn 群眾 /群众 (a large number of people) · el ορδή (wandering troop or gang) · da horde (wandering troop or gang) · de Horde (wandering troop or gang) · eo hordo (wandering troop or gang) · xal орда (wandering troop or gang) · uk орда́ (a large number of people) · ru орда́ (a large number of people) · mk орда (a large number of people) · ar حَشْد (wandering troop or gang) · id gerombolan (wandering troop or gang) · fr horde (wandering troop or gang) · bg о́рда (wandering troop or gang) · nn horde (wandering troop or gang) · sh rȕlja (a large number of people) · tk oorda (wandering troop or gang) · fi lauma (a large number of people) · ko 오르도 (wandering troop or gang) · cmn 部落 (a large number of people) · cmn 大眾 /大众 (a large number of people) · ga slua (wandering troop or gang) · it orda (a large number of people) · sh хо̑рда (a large number of people) · fa اردو (wandering troop or gang) · de Horde (a large number of people) · hu horda (a large number of people) · nb horde (a large number of people) · pt multidão (a large number of people) · el ορδή (a large number of people) · az ordu (wandering troop or gang)