Read full poem →And Cezsar’s eagle: then his brother king,
Urien, assail’d him: last a heathen horde,
Dictionary Entry
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.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. hordehorde goldenhorde primalhorde greathorde vasthorde wholehorde savage
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Poetry examples for “horde”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Yet when this world of ours is still
Of this all-wondering, tortured horde,
And none is left for Thee to kill--
Read full poem →All the Godoe Isles belong
To him and his heathen horde."
Thus went on speaking
Read full poem →Oh! how I wished for spear or sword,
At least to die amidst the horde,
And perish--if it must be so--
Read full poem →The mighty Máhmúd, the victorious Lord
That all the misbelieving and black Horde
Of Fears and Sorrows that infest the Soul