Hypertext Webster Gateway: "horde"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Horde \Horde\, n. [F. horde (cf. G. horde), fr. Turk. ord?,
ord[=i], camp; of Tartar origin.]
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. --Thomson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
horde
n 1: a vast multitude [syn: {host}, {legion}]
2: a nomadic community
3: a moving crowd [syn: {drove}, {swarm}]
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