October 24, 2007

HORDE: Merriam Webster – Words have meaning

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HORDE: from Merriam Webster: Words have meaning.

Main Entry: horde

Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, German, & Polish; Middle French & German, from Polish horda, from Ukrainian dialect gorda, alteration of Ukrainian orda, from Old Russian, from Turkic orda, ordu khan’s residence
Date: 1555
1 a: a political subdivision of central Asian nomads b: a people or tribe of nomadic life
2: a teeming crowd or throng : swarmsynonyms see crowd

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