Hōrde, n.

n. [Fr., D., & Ger. horde, Albanian hordī, It. orda, Russ. ordā, from Turk. ordā, ordī, camp; Per. ôrdā, court, palace, camp, a horde of Tartars; Hind. urdā, army, camp, market.] A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people possessing no fixed habitations, but migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, or the like cause.