1. adj. & n.
--adj.
1. dull greyish-brown.
2 poet. dark, dusky.
--n.
1. a dun colour.
2 a dun horse.
3 a dark fishing-fly.
Phrases and idioms:
dun-bird a pochard. dun diver a female or young male goosander.
Etymology: OE dun, dunn 2. n. & v.
--n.
1. a debt-collector; an importunate creditor.
2 a demand for payment.
--v.tr. (dunned, dunning) importune for payment of a debt; pester.
Etymology: abbr. of obs. dunkirk privateer, f. Dunkirk in France