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horde Definition

horde (hôrd)

noun

  1. a nomadic tribe or clan of Mongols
  2. any wandering tribe or group
  3. a large, moving crowd or throng; swarm

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

intransitive verb horded, hord·ing

to form or gather in a horde

horde Synonyms

horde

n.

pack, throng, swarm; see crowd 1, gathering. See syn. study at crowd.

horde Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • undead: Challenge the hordes of undead to save your beloved brother!
  • zombie: The park itself is fun for slaughtering hordes of zombies.
  • demon: Worse yet, the base has been invaded by a horde of nightmarish demons.
  • tourist: Why subject yourself to hordes of tourists at a motel or hotel?
  • monster: Given the visible sprite limitations of normal doom, I don't think it would cope well with the hordes of monsters.
  • enemy: Totally lacking in variety, and suffers from having hordes of enemies, but only a few skins.

Converse of subject

  • surround: When about half-way, he was surrounded by the hordes of the Khakan, and the battle raged with terrible slaughter.

Converse of object

  • maraud: Tell that to the marauding hordes of English football supporters.
  • invade: The armies of all the ' good guys ' have joined forces to hold the invading hordes from their borders.
  • escape: Then we are escaping hordes of midges up An Teallach, on a day of playful breezes and luminous skies.
  • attract: Hacker Web Pages Nothing attracts hordes of hackers like a hacker web page.
  • fight: Help Sonic fight hordes of metal maniacs and do the loop with the Super Sonic Spin Attack.
  • join: At best, itâll be back to square one; at worst, you join the hordes who drop out of exercise through injury.

Adjective modifier

  • Mongol: But her defenses were rock solid, the Great Wall of China against Mongol hordes.
  • barbarian: Yet another invasion of the barbarian hordes from the north to Rome, the cradle of civilization.
  • demonic: In fact, they were plans to destroy it and unleash the imprisoned demonic hordes on Shannara itself.
  • savage: They taught it science, philosophy, religion, and civilized the savage hordes of the earth.
  • hungry: These books are personal trainers for the hungry hordes of fanatic puzzlers.
  • endless: Siege gives the player the task of defending a castle, with the objective of stopping an invasion from an endless horde of undead.

Noun used with modifier

  • tourist: Because the tourist hordes, bound for the Great Barrier Reef, generally don't.
horde Quotes

Donner un sens plus pur aux mots de la tribu. Bestow a purer sense on the language of the horde.

—Mallarme¤  , Ste¤  phane