HORDE


Meaning of HORDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhȯrd ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French, German, & Polish; Middle French & German, from Polish horda, from Ukrainian dialect gorda, alteration of Ukrainian orda, from Old Russian, from Turkic orda, ordu khan's residence

Date: 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

Synonyms: see crowd

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