horde

Meaning

Noun

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.

Verb

to travel en masse, to flock

Synonyms

swarm

flock

crowd

herd

drove

throng

mob

host

company

bevy

gaggle

legion

mass

pack

school

🏫

shoal

troop

flight

✈️

group

pod

pride

army

family

👪

multitude

great number

gang

loft

thick crowd

band

onlookers

vast number

pile

rabble

race

ragtag

large mass

stack

balcony

clustering

colony

part

covey

cloud

☁️

class

exaltation

droves

circle

⭕

folk

gallery

gathering

Translations

horde

horda

horde

orda

Horde

horda

ορδή

muchedumbre

bende

kalabalık

ordu

multidão

Rotte

troep

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɔːd/

Etymology

Cognate with Tatar: урда

Cognate with Turkish: ordu

Cognate with Mongolian: орд

Cognate with Kalmyk: орда

In summary

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”)), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“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.