Horde

horde
/hôrd/
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noun
noun: horde; plural noun: hordes

1.
derogatory
a large group of people.
"he was surrounded by a horde of tormenting relatives"
an army or tribe of nomadic warriors.
"Tartar hordes"
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Similar:
crowd

large group
mob
pack
gang
troop
army
swarm
mass
throng
multitude
host
drove
band
flock
gathering
assemblage
press
crew
tribe
load

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2.
Anthropology
a loosely knit small social group typically consisting of about five families.

Origin
mid 16th century (originally denoting a tribe or troop of Tartar or other nomads): from Polish horda, from Turkish ordu ‘(royal) camp’.
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horde is sometimes confused with hoard