n.
Pronunciation: ' h ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English Hunas, plural, from Late Latin Hunni, plural
Date: before 12th century
1 : a member of a nomadic central Asian people gaining control of a large part of central and eastern Europe under Attila about A.D. 450
2 a often not capitalized : a person who is wantonly destructive : VANDAL b usually disparaging : GERMAN especially : a German soldier