horde
English
/hɔːd/, /hɔɹd/, /ho(ː)ɹd/, /hoəd/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- A large number of people.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French horde derived from German Horde derived from Polish horda derived from Russian орда ('clan, horde, troop') derived from Proto-Turkic *or- (middle, place, reap, place of staying of the army, ruler etc, army).
Origin
Proto-Turkic
*or-
Gloss
middle, place, reap, place of staying of the army, ruler etc, army
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Cognates and derived terms
- Urdu English
- hordal English
- hordelike English
- hordesman English
- Horde German
- hordenweise German
- орда Russian
- horde Norwegian Bokmål
- horda Polish
- horde Danish
- hordo Esperanto
- اردو Persian
- орақ Kazakh
- ортақ Kazakh
- horde Middle French
- ordu Azerbaijani
- *or- Proto-Turkic
- *orto Proto-Turkic
- орд Mongolian
- орду Mongolian
- урам Bashkir
- ураҡ Bashkir
- орту Tuvan
- орам Kumyk
- orğaq Old Turkic
- ᠣᠷᠳ᠋ᠤ Classical Mongolian
- орам Shor
- орам Khakas