Synonyms for horde


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hawrd, hohrd
Phonetic Transcription : hɔrd, hoʊrd

Top 10 synonyms for horde Other synonyms for the word horde

Définition of horde

Origin :
  • 1550s, from W. Turkic (cf. Tatar urda "horde," Turkish ordu "camp, army"), to English via Polish, French, or Spanish. The initial -h- seems to have been acquired in Polish. Transferred sense of "uncivilized gang" is from 1610s. Related: Hordes.
  • noun uncontrolled throng, pack
Example sentences :
  • Of course there's a horde of applicants, but you're exceptional; you know that.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • If there are houses there, and stores for the sun-time, who will shut them to this horde of desperadoes?
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • Smothered and lost were the warriors in the horde that poured increasingly on.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • The horde of Saxons took flight into the hall, and there they stood and got breath.
  • Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert
  • Wasn't it from the Szekler Stone that our fathers repulsed the whole Mongolian horde?
  • Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai
  • Yes, I suppose they have their uses—there are a horde of them, anyway.
  • Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn
  • Remember, you aren't used to such a horde, and we may overrun you entirely.
  • Extract from : « Teddy: Her Book » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • Besides these a horde of imitators fattened for a time upon exposure.
  • Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson
  • It is in fact the invasion of Parnassus by a horde of most unmitigated proletarians.
  • Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys
  • "It is always so when the horde of traders come in," she said.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Quebec » by Amanda Millie Douglas
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