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horde.

a horde

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɦɔrdə/
  1. a horde

    feminine
  2. a troop of boy scouts, comprising no more than 24 cubs

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Horde; attested from the early 17th century.

noun/ˈɦɔrdə/
  1. hurdle (obstacle used in races)

    feminine
  2. a gross sieve

    feminine
  3. any movable wattle screen or braided wooden lattice used for various purposes (as a wall, hurdle, shield, sieve or even raft)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch horde, hurde, from Old Dutch *hurd, from Proto-West Germanic *hurdi, from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz; cognate with German Hürde, and closely related to English hurdle (which is a diminutive of the same root). The sense "hurdle" is a semantic loan from English hurdle.

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