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Posse vs Horde - What's the difference?

posse | horde |

As a noun posse

is farce, burlesque.

As an adjective horde is

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As a verb horde is

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posse

English

(wikipedia posse)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A group of people summoned to help law enforcement
  • (US) A search party
  • (US, Jamaica) A criminal gang
  • (by extension) A group of associates

    • Related terms

    * vigilante

    Anagrams

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    horde

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
  • A large number of people.
    • We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.
  • * 1907 , Jack London, Before Adam , page Chapter IV
    • It is true, the more progressive members of our horde lived in the caves above the river.

    Derived terms

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    Usage notes

    * Sometimes confused with hoard.

    Anagrams

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