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Hun

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Hun  (hn)
n.
1. A member of a nomadic pastoralist people who invaded Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries a.d. and were defeated in 455.
2. often hun A barbarous or destructive person.
3. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a German, especially a German soldier in World War I.
[From Late Latin Hunn, the Huns, from Turki Hunyü.]
Hun
Noun
pl Huns or Hun
1. a member of any of several Asiatic peoples who invaded the Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries ad
2. Offensive, informal (esp. in World War I) a German [Old English Hūnas]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.HunHun - a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century
nomad - a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
2.Hun - offensive term for a person of German descent
Boche, Jerry, Kraut, Krauthead
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
German - a person of German nationality


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The Hun smiled in his relief, passed a cheery word with his lieutenant, and then scanned the broad plain with his field glasses.
Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
I dare say that I could throw myself over a precipice, like the Hun in the history books, if my courage to do it were questioned, and yet it would surely be pride and fear, rather than courage, which would be my inspiration.
The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
They brought forcibly to one's mind the night of ages when the primeval man, evolving the first rudiments of cookery from his dim conscious ness, scorched lumps of flesh at a fire of sticks in the company of other good fellows; then, gorged and happy, sat him back among the gnawed bones to tell his artless tales of experience--the tales of hun ger and hunt--and of women, perhaps!
Falk - A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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