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plural hordes
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. examples
A large number of people or things. quotations examples
It is true, the more progressive members of our horde lived in the caves above the river.
1907, Jack London, Before Adam, Chapter IV
third-person singular simple present hordes, present participle hording or hordeing, simple past and past participle horded
to travel en masse, to flock quotations examples
"What wouldst thou insinuate?" replied Elmuton, sarcastically; “has he not been watched, and secretly discovered hordeing with Christians?
1824, T. E., Oriental Wanderings, or the Fortunes of Felix. A romance, page 69