Associations to the word «Horde»

Wiktionary

HORDE, noun. 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.
HORDE, noun. A large number of people.

Dictionary definition

HORDE, noun. A vast multitude.
HORDE, noun. A nomadic community.
HORDE, noun. A moving crowd.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats