— 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 ]