Horde may refer to:
History
edit- Orda (organization), a historic sociopolitical and military structure in steppe nomad cultures such as the Turks and Mongols
- Golden Horde, a Turkic-Mongol state established in the 1240s
- Wings of the Golden Horde, also known as White, Blue and Gray Hordes, formed in 1226 and 1227
- Great Horde, a remnant of the Golden Horde from about 1466 until 1502
- Nogai Horde, a Turkic clan situated in the Caucasus Mountain region, formed in the 1390s
- Eurasian nomads generally
- a historical term for band society, the simplest form of human society, in anthropology
Film and television
edit- The Horde (She-Ra), a group of fictional characters in She-Ra: Masters of the Universe and She-Ra: Princesses of Power media
- The Horde (2009 film), a French film
- The Horde (2012 film), a Russian historical film
- The Horde, 23 prominent personalities in the character Kevin Wendell Crumb in the 2016 American film Split
- The Horde, a fictional Aryan motorcycle gang in the television series The Shield
Music
edit- Horde (band), an unblack metal project of Australian musician Jayson Sherlock
- H.O.R.D.E., a music festival in the United States
- Horde (album), a 1981 album by Mnemonist Orchestra
Video games
edit- Horde, one of the factions in the Warcraft universe
- Locust Horde, the main enemies in the Xbox 360 video game Gears of War
- The Horde (video game), a 1994 action-strategy video game
- Horde: Northern wind, a 1999 real-time strategy video game
- Horde 2: The Citadel, a 2001 real-time strategy video game
Other uses
edit- Horde (software), a web application framework of various applications including an email client
- Great Dark Horde, a group within the Society for Creative Anachronism modeled on an idealized version of Mongol culture
- Horde (comics), several characters and a species used in Marvel Comics
- Hörde, a quarter of the city of Dortmund, Germany
- Human Olfactory Data Explorer (HORDE), a database of human olfactory receptors
- The Horde (boxed set), an accessory for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game
- Horde chess, a variant of Dunsany's chess
See also
edit- Hoard (disambiguation)
- Orda (disambiguation)
- Ordu (disambiguation)
- Army
- Clan
- Nomadic pastoralism, a form of agriculture practiced by steppe nomads