horde
UK/hɔːd//hɔɹd/
horde noun: 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.
Noun
horde (plural hordes)
- 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.
- A large number of people or things.
- 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
Verb
horde (third-person singular simple present hordes, present participle hording or hordeing, simple past and past participle horded)
horde meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
horde in Tamil
- இனக்குழு, கும்பல், கூட்டம், திரள், நாடோடு இனக்குழுவினர், பெரும் கூட்டத்தினர்
horde in Urdu
- a horde
- فوج fauj
- horde, throng
- ہجوم hujūm
horde in Bengali
- বিরাট দল, জনতা, যাযাবর গোষ্ঠী
horde in Malayalam
- അലഞ്ഞുനടന്നു കാലം കഴിക്കുന്ന ജനവർഗ്ഗം, പടക്കൂട്ടമായി വരുന്നവർ, കൂട്ടം, കവർച്ചസംഘം
More languagesFewer languages
- horde in Kannada
- ತಂಡ taṇḍa
- horde in Sanskrit
- शर्ध śárdha
- horde in Arabic
- حَشْد ḥašd
- horde in Indonesian
- gerombolan
- horde in Persian
- اردو
Examples of horde in a sentence
- A horde of zeds began to shuffle into the shopping mall.
- The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.
- Karen's new students thought treat day was a feeding frenzy and horded the snack table.
Forms of horde
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hordes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hordes |
| present participle | hording |
| present participle | hordeing |
| past participle | horded |
| past | horded |
Origin of horde
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.
Words formed from horde
Phrases with horde
Words that rhyme with horde
40 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- umbilical cord
- afford
- ord
- reward
- sward
- toward
- hoard
- untoward
- -lord
- abhorred
- bored
- destination board
- disaccord
- greatsword
- onboard
- smorgasbord
- unoared
- adored
- bell chord
- beward
- chored
- concord
- deboard
- discord
- fjord
- gord
- gored
- guide board
- hoared
- ignored
- m'lord
- milord
- moored
- oared
- of one's own accord
- outward
- restored
- secured
- sord
- whored
Questions about horde
- What does horde mean?
- Horde means 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.
- What is horde in Tamil?
- Horde in Tamil is இனக்குழு, கும்பல், கூட்டம். See Horde meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is horde?
- Horde can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce horde?
- Horde is pronounced /hɔːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of horde?
- The plural of horde is hordes.
Words near horde in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: horde (page history and authors); horde (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); فوج (Urdu) (page history and authors); Horde (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); horde (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ತಂಡ (Kannada) (page history and authors); शर्ध (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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