horde

The definition of a horde is a large, moving group of people.

(noun)

The huge crowd leaving the Super Bowl is an example of a horde of people.

See horde in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: Fr < Ger, earlier horda < Pol < Turk ordū, a camp < Tatar urdu, a camp, lit., something erected < urmak, to pitch (a camp)

intransitive verb horded, hording

to form or gather in a horde

See horde in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Ultimately (via Polish horda)

Origin: from North-Western Turkic ordï, residence, court

Origin: , from Old Turkic ordu

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