Both Uses of
horde
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- ONCE CALIFORNIA belonged to Mexico and its land to Mexicans; and a horde of tattered feverish Americans poured in.†
Chpt 19horde = a large number
- They were land-hungry, ill-armed hordes too, and the legions could not stop them.†
Chpt 19 *hordes = large numbers
Definition:
a very large number -- typically of people, animals, or insects on the move