English-Swedish translations for horde

• hörd
• hord en
  Många européer har intrycket att en hord av tunisier styr kosan mot södra Italien.Many Europeans are under the impression that a horde of Tunisians are heading for southern Italy.
  Nederländska städer har redan svämmats över av horder av polacker, rumäner och bulgarer.Dutch cities have already been swamped by hordes of Poles, Romanians and Bulgarians.
  De var nakna, släpades i håret över golvet och omringades av en hord kravallpoliser.They were stripped naked and dragged along the floor by their hair, surrounded by a horde of state security police.

Definition of horde

• A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude
• to travel en masse, to flock

Examples

• We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.

Related words

• hordeolum
• chordee
• Horden
• hordeum
• Golden Horde
• yellow horde