HORDE
What does "HORDE" mean?
A large, often unruly group or crowd of people, animals, or things.
Meanings
- A large group or multitude, especially one that is moving or disorderly. A horde of shoppers swept through the doors at opening time.
- A nomadic tribe or band, especially of Mongol or Turkic origin. The horde struck camp and rode east across the steppe. historical
Did you know?
- A 'horde' began as a place, not a mob: it comes from Turkic 'ordu', meaning a nomadic ruler's camp - the same word at the heart of the Mongol 'Golden Horde'.
Word origin
From Polish 'horda' or Turkic 'ordu', meaning a camp or royal court of a nomadic chief; the same Turkic root gives the place name in 'Golden Horde'. Not related to 'hoard'.
Remember it
HORDE rides in on a horse - both start H-O-R, and a horde is a crowd on the move. HOARD (treasure) hides an OAR instead.
A little poem
Dust on the steppe before the eye can name it,
then hooves, then banners, then the ground gone loud-
a camp on the move that no wall could claim it.
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Wordplay
- The librarian couldn't tell the horde from the hoard until they spoke - one was a crowd, the other a stash, but both showed up uninvited.
What it teaches
Every crowd was once a camp with a name; the mob you fear is just a people you have not met.
Quick facts
What does HORDE mean?
A large, often unruly group or crowd of people, animals, or things.
Is HORDE a valid word?
Yes — HORDE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HORDE?
HORDE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does HORDE come from?
From Polish 'horda' or Turkic 'ordu', meaning a camp or royal court of a nomadic chief; the same Turkic root gives the place name in 'Golden Horde'. Not related to 'hoard'.
What can HORDE teach us?
Every crowd was once a camp with a name; the mob you fear is just a people you have not met.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.