Horde \Horde\ (h[=o]rd), n. [F. horde (cf. G. horde), fr. Turk. ord[=u], ord[=i], camp; of Tartar origin.] 1. A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. --Thomson.
2. Hence: Any large group of people or animals, especially one wandering or moving about; as, the movie star was surrounded by a horde of screaming fans. [PJC]
As the horde of loafing jurors swelled, Ethel started dismissing groups of us, selected by lot, a whole week early.
So there must have been some method that led him to accumulate thousands of objects from a Federal four-poster bed to a cache of Bakelite baubles, and to horde silver and plastic in equal measure.
Since mid-May, a horde of Japanese companies has reported similar sharp improvements.
Padraig Flynn, the European Council's minister for the environment, along with a horde of environmentalists who hovered around the conference, pointed to that as a commitment by the U.S. to do something specific about global warming.
Auburn residents better not plan to serve pie this weekend _ not with a horde of Curly, Larry and Moe fans headed their way.
Although there is no horde of reporters and photographers clamoring about town, no fleet of helicopters clattering overhead, the whale rescue isn't forgotten.
Boesky made no such statement when he pleaded guilty three years ago to one felony and agreed to pay $100 million in penalties. There was no horde of supporters, no business associates ready to extol his virtues.
The problems he faces also are illustrated daily on the streets of Moscow as the city prepares for the arrival next week of President Reagan and a horde of foreign journalists.
Bickering over his $350 million trust between Ford's third wife, Kathleen DuRoss Ford, and the rest of the Ford family boiled over in a public courtroom last week, with more than a dozen lawyers and a horde of reporters present.
The customary horde of journalists will be there to cover the talks _ from a distance _ but Raisa Gorbachev and Barbara Bush will not accompany their husbands.