Both Uses of
horde
in
Gone with the Wind
- Why should she feed this horde of hungry men?†
Chpt 3.30 *horde = a large number
- Many loyal field hands also refused to avail themselves of the new freedom, but the hordes of "trashy free issue niggers," who were causing most of the trouble, were drawn largely from the field-hand class.†
Chpt 4.37hordes = large numbers
Definition:
a very large number -- typically of people, animals, or insects on the move