Word Finder - horde

definition

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.

definition

A large number of people.

example

We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.

definition

To travel en masse, to flock

One bad plague or invading horde would leave pretty much everyone starving.

With piercing war cries, two forms broke from the horde before her.

Astrological signs span a horde of planets and houses.

Possibly the Bulgarians and Khazars were offshoots of the same horde.

Torches lit the area, but it was impossible to tell her men from Memon's horde.

When the fog rolls in, what comes with it is an undead horde of zombies.

Breeders have a particularly difficult time naming their cats, mainly because each litter brings with it a horde of naming challenges.

In the 13th century it was conquered by the Mongols, and became for a time the seat of the khans of the Golden Horde.

The new settlement was known as Sir Orda (" Golden Camp," whence "Golden Horde").

Remembering the organization of the tribe everywhere prevalent, it is not difficult to understand that the army, or horde, that stands for the idea, was assembled on the clan basis.

It was not until 1395 that the power of Toktamish was finally broken (see Mongols; Golden Horde).

Nevertheless Basil received his yarluik, or investiture, from the Golden Horde and was compelled to pay tribute to the grand khan, Tokhtamuish.

In 1412, however, Basil found it necessary to pay the long-deferred visit of submission to the Horde.

Most of his spare money he devoted to the ransoming of the numerous Russian captives detained at the Golden Horde.

Persia itself fell partly in the domain of Jagatai and partly in that of the Golden Horde.

While these were in progress the malcontent party in London, headed by three aldermen, opened the gates of the city to Tyler and his horde.

The pretender led off his horde to meet the relieving force, but when he reached Taunton he found that his followers were so dispirited that disaster was certain.

The Croats formed the western division of the great migratory horde of Serbo-Croats which colonized the lands between Bulgaria and the Adriatic. Contemporary chroniclers called them Chrovati, Belochrobati (" White Croats"), Chrovati, Horvati, or by some similar Latin or Byzantine variant of the Slavonic Khrvaty.

When in 428 Gaiseric, king of the Vandals (q.v.), accepted the invitation of Bonifacius, the count of Africa, and passed cut of Spain to found the Vandal kingdom of Carthage, his whole horde numbered only 80,000 persons, including old men, women and children, and runaway slaves who had joined him.

When the first wave of guests were satiated and Maria on board to do duty with the next horde, Cynthia surprised her husband further by changing into a dress and asking if he wanted to accompany her to church.

Siege gives the player the task of defending a castle, with the objective of stopping an invasion from an endless horde of undead.

When the horde has become a tribe there may exist no definite sovereign.

These tribes were the Sakas, a horde of pastoral P established his own paramountcy over northern India; but his reign is mainly memorable as marking the beginning of the Brahmanical reaction against Buddhism, a reaction which Pushyamitra is said to have forwarded not only by the peaceful revival of Hindu rites but by a savage persecution of the Buddhist monks.

A ravening horde of evil Mordor Orcs are now rapidly closing the distance between themselves, Eowyn and her valiant defenders.

Another means of preventing a horde of cat diseases is to keep your cat indoors and allow outdoor activity only in controlled, safe environments.

Aside from itching, scratching and howling, one of the tell-tale signs of a cat ear mite infection is a horde of dark-colored gunk within your cat's ears.

This may seem like a difficult feat, but you will save your cat from a horde of communicable diseases, mites, fleas and many types of environmental threats.

Still, Hot Topic is the place to go for the numerous accessories such as jewelry, makeup, backpacks, and a horde of other alternative/metal-themed items.

So where can one delve into the field of infant party apparel and find a horde of suitable options?

Unless the particular boutique in mind focuses on formal event-wear, it is unlikely that you will find a horde of options.

You can upgrade your weapons and earn more through orbs that you acquire defeating the horde of skeletal warriors and other such mythical foes.

Go to the Custom Campaign option and choose "Exodus of the Horde".

Lathering up your skin with a horde of toxic chemicals and waiting out that bleak half hour so your hair can burn itself below the skin is hardly a fun festival.

Malabsorption symptoms will basically mimic a horde of nutritional deficiencies because, as your intestinal lining wears downs, important minerals, proteins, essential fats and vitamins will no longer circulate throughout the body.

In small number, it poses little threat, but when it is allowed to multiply and dominate the intestinal tract it can cause a horde of problems.

The next time you find yourself engaged in a debate about whether or not cheerleading is truly a sport, empowering your opinion with a horde of quotes (cute or poignant) is the first step in adding weight to your platform.

As a possible explanation of the facts, Erman supposes that a horde of conquering Semites, like the Arabs of a later day, imposed their language on the country, but disappeared, being weakened by the climate or absorbed by the native population.

In 1770 B.C. a northern horde had plundered the capital, which was then in the present department of Si-gan, Shen-si, and killed the king, whose son withdrew across the Ho and established himself in a new centre, near the present city of Lo-yang in Ho-nan; but from that time the prestige of Chow was gone.

When he summoned out the fyrd they came in great force to his aid, not so much because they trusted in the promises of good governance and reduced taxation which he made, but because they saw that a horde of greedy barons would be worse to serve than a single king, however hard and selfish he might be.

The city of Bolgari was destroyed by the Mongols in 1238, and again by Tamerlane early in the following century, after which it served as the capital of the Khans (sovereign princes) of the Golden Horde of Mongols, and finally, in the second half of the 15th century it became a part of the principality of Kazan, and so eventually of Russia.

Some teams will supplement their training with a trip to cheer camp, which can lay the foundation for new stunts, new routines, and a horde of useful tips on how to execute movements properly.

After capturing Angora from a horde of Turkomans encamped there who were attacking his dominions, at first with some success, Mur ad 1, in 1361 Murad prepared for a campaign in Europe.

It is probable that the Iranian element was stronger among the Sarmatae, whose power extended as the ruling clan of the Scyths became extinct; but it is quite likely that they in their turn were officered by some new horde from upper Asia.

Hitherto the way had been blocked by a horde of protonotaries, dataries and other officials - purveyors of indulgences, dispensations and such-like spiritual favours - to whom reform spelt ruin.

The Alliance and Horde races now venture into the Dark Portal to explore the regions within.

Here the commander of " the Golden Horde," as the western The section of the Mongol empire was called, fixed his Golden headquarters and represented the majesty of his Horde.

In that year a horde, variously estimated at from two to four thousand souls, with their flocks and their slaves, driven originally from their Central Asian homes by the pressure of Mongol invasion, and who had sought in vain a refuge with the Seljukian sultan Ala-ud-din Kaikobad of Konia, were returning under their chief Suleiman Shah to their native land.

The present writer believes that they were a horde which came down from upper Asia, conquered an Iranian-speaking people, and in time adopted the speech of its subjects.

In the 7th century B.C. these Cimmerians were attacked and partly driven out by a horde of newcomers from upper Asia called Scythae; these imposed their name and their yoke upon all that were left in the Euxine steppes, but probably their coming did not really change the basis of the population, which remained Iranian.

He had been born with the hopes of the Renaissance, with its anticipation of a new Augustan age, and had seen this fair promise blighted by the irruption of a new horde of theological polemics, worse than the old scholastics, inasmuch as they were revolutionary instead of conservative.