[horde] n [MF, G, & Pol; MF & G, fr. Pol horda, fr. Ukrainian dial. gorda, alter. of Ukrainian orda, fr. ORuss, fr. Turkic orda, ordu khan's residence] (1555) 1 a: a political subdivision of central Asian nomads b: a people or tribe of nomadic life
2: a teeming crowd or throng: swarm syn see crowd