Meaning & use
horde
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A large, often disorganized group or crowd of people.
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Hordes of tourists lined up outside the museum before it even opened.
A horde of shoppers rushed the doors on the first day of the sale.
A note on using this word
Almost always used in the plural ('hordes of...') or with 'a horde of,' and often carries a slightly negative, overwhelming connotation.
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