HUN


Meaning of HUN in English

— Hunlike , adj.

/hun/ , n.

1. a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century A.D.

2. ( often l.c. ) a barbarous, destructive person; vandal.

3. Disparaging and Offensive.

a. a German soldier in World War I or II.

b. a German.

[ bef. 900; 1895-1900 for def. 3b; sing. of Huns, OE Hunas; c. ON Hunar; akin to LL Hunni ]

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