a great company, esp. of savage or uncivilized people. See also gang, rabble, troop.
Hoi Polloi
Hopping
Horde
Host
Hosting
Examples: horde of barbarians: of Gauls; of gnats; of Goths; of insects; of misers—Lipton; of pirates; of regicides; of savages—Brewer, Tartars; of wolves; of young readers.