See also: Horde, hörde, and hørde

English edit

Etymology edit

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). Also Doublet of Urdu.

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Noun edit

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.

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Verb edit

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 edit

  • Sometimes confused with hoard.

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Danish edit

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From German Horde.

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horde c (singular definite horden, plural indefinite horder)

  1. horde

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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

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horde f (plural horden, diminutive hordetje n)

  1. A gross sieve
  2. A hurdle
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References edit

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

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horde f (plural hordes)

  1. a horde

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horde nde

  1. (Pulaar) calabash

References edit

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

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

horde

  1. Alternative form of hord

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

horde

  1. Alternative form of horden

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From German Horde.

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

  1. a horde

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horde

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