[hɔːd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large group of people
(e.g: a horde of beery rugby fans)

- a small loosely knit social group typically consisting of about five families


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