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horde
Pronunciation: (hôrd, hōrd), [key]
—n., v., hord•ed, hord•ing.
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n.
1. a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd:
a horde of tourists.
2. a tribe or troop of Asian nomads.
3. any nomadic group.
4. a moving pack or swarm of animals:
A horde of mosquitoes invaded the camp.
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v.i.
to gather in a horde:
The prisoners horded together in the compound. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.