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horde

See also: Horde, hörde, and hørde

English

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WOTD – 6 August 2007

Etymology

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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”)), from Proto-Turkic *or- (“army, 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.

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Noun

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horde (plural hordes)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
    • 1907, Jack London, Before Adam, Chapter IV:
      It is true, the more progressive members of our horde lived in the caves above the river.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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horde (third-person singular simple present hordes, present participle hording or hordeing, simple past and past participle horded)

  1. to travel en masse, to flock
    • 1824, T. E., Oriental Wanderings, or the Fortunes of Felix. A romance, page 69:
      "What wouldst thou insinuate?" replied Elmuton, sarcastically; “has he not been watched, and secretly discovered hordeing with Christians?

Usage notes

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  • Sometimes confused with hoard.

Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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From German Horde.

Noun

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horde c (singular definite horden, plural indefinite horder)

  1. horde

Inflection

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Declension of horde
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative horde horden horder horderne
genitive hordes hordens horders hordernes

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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horde f (plural horden or hordes, diminutive hordetje n)

  1. A horde
  2. A troop of boy scouts, comprising no more than 24 cubs

Etymology 2

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Noun

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horde f (plural horden, diminutive hordetje n)

  1. A gross sieve
  2. A hurdle
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References

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  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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horde f (plural hordes)

  1. a horde

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Fula

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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horde nde

  1. (Pulaar) calabash

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  • M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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horde

  1. Alternative form of hord

Etymology 2

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Verb

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horde

  1. Alternative form of horden

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German Horde.

Noun

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horde m (definite singular horden, indefinite plural horder, definite plural hordene)

  1. a horde

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Upper Sorbian

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Adjective

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horde

  1. inflection of hordy:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural
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