horde

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /hɔrd/ UK /hɔːd/ See IPA manual

Homophones

hoard /hɔrd/

Meanings

1

noun
a large, often unruly crowd or group

A horde of tourists descended on the tiny village.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a large, often unruly crowd... crowd throng swarm mob multitude host pack army

Simplified etymology

Horde entered English in the mid-16th century, originally meaning a tribe or troop of nomads. It comes from Latin orda, itself derived from Turkish ordu, “royal camp.”

Etymology

From Polish horda or German Horde, ultimately from Turkic ordu/orda ('camp, royal court, army'), the source also of Urdu via Persian.

horda Polish ordu Turkic

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# horde

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /hɔrd/
**IPA (UK):** /hɔːd/

## Meanings
1. a large, often unruly crowd or group

## Examples
- A horde of tourists descended on the tiny village.

## Synonyms
- crowd
- throng
- swarm
- mob
- multitude
- host
- pack
- army

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: horda
- Root: ordu

## Etymology
From Polish horda or German Horde, ultimately from Turkic ordu/orda ('camp, royal court, army'), the source also of Urdu via Persian.

## AI Etymology
Horde comes from Polish horda or German Horde, ultimately from Turkic ordu/orda ('camp, royal court, army'), the source also of Urdu via Persian. The form preserves a compact historical development in which the older wording and the present sense remain closely connected. As a noun, it denotes "a large, often unruly crowd or group", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include Polish horda and Turkic ordu.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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