horde
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
horde/hɔːd/
▶noun
- 1 chiefly derogatory a large group of people.
- 2 an army or tribe of nomadic warriors.
- 3 Anthropology a loosely knit small social group typically consisting of about five families.
– origin C16: from Polish horda, from Turk. ordu ‘(royal) camp’.
usage: The words hoard and horde are often confused; see usage at hoard.
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