Golden Horde

American  

noun

1. the army of Mongol Tartars that overran eastern Europe in the 13th century, established a khanate in Russia, and maintained suzerainty there until the 15th century.

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Golden Horde British  

noun

1. the Mongol horde that devastated E Europe in the early 13th century. It established the westernmost Mongol khanate, which at its height ruled most of European Russia. Defeated by the power of Muscovy (1380), the realm split into four smaller khanates in 1405

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Example Sentences

The chart extends from the islands of the North Atlantic Ocean to the Mongol empire’s Golden Horde in what is now Eastern Europe.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Meanwhile, the Mamluks were able to liberate Syria and Palestine from both the Mongols and the remaining crusaders and give some support to the Golden Horde in its conflicts with the Il-Khanate.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Hulagu soon had his hands full defending his territory from his fellow Mongols, especially those of the Golden Horde.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

It was a bit more like Genghis Khan and the Golden Horde — go faster than your competition in the richest places.

From The Verge • May 10, 2022

Before the Golden Horde could recover from this blow, it was again attacked, defeated, and plundered, by the khan of the Crimea.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various