Definition of horde Horde

/hɔˈɹd/ - [hord] - horde

We found 10 definitions of horde from 7 different sources.

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What does horde mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: hordes

horde - a nomadic community
  community (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
horde - a vast multitude
  host, legion
horde - a moving crowd
  drove, swarm
  crowd a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

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

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • horde
    A vast multitude.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • horde
    hōrd, n. a migratory or wandering tribe or clan.—v.i. to live together as a horde.—Golden horde (see Golden). [Fr.,—Turk. ordū, camp—Pers. ōrdū, court, camp, horde of Tatars.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • horde
    A wandering troop or gang; especially a clan or tribe of a nomadic people possessing no fixed habitations, but migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, or the like cause.

Part of speech

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  • horde, verb, present, 1st person singular of horde (infinitive).
  • horde, verb (infinitive).
  • horde, noun, singular of hordes.

Pronunciation

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