hordes

noun

A large number of people or things.

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.

verb

to travel en masse, to flock

Roots

ordahorde- · Turkish · camp, army

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The word hordes breaks down into one root of Turkish origin: the root horde-, from Turkish orda (“camp, army”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.