Hun

Hun (h

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 [hʌn]

1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of any of several Asiatic nomadic peoples speaking Mongoloid or Turkic languages who dominated much of Asia and E Europe from before 300 bc, invading the Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries a.d

2. Informal (esp in World War I) a derogatory name for a German

3. Informal a vandal

[Old English Hūnas, from Late Latin Hūnī, from Turkish Hun-yū]

Hunlike adj

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Noun	1.	Hun - 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

Translations

Hun [hʌn] N

1. (Hist) → huno m

2. (pej) (= German) → tudesco m, alemán m

Hun

(Hist) → Hunne m, → Hunnin f

(pej inf) → Teutone m (pej), → Teutonin f (pej), → Boche m (pej)

Hun [hʌn] n (History) → Unno (offensive) (German) → crucco/a

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Attila Attila the Hun Austro-Hungarian Ermanaric Hungered hungrily hungriness hungry hunker hunkers hunky Hunnish Krauthead Scourge of God Scourge of the Gods she their Ursula	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	humped Humperdinck humph Humphrey Humphrey Bogart Humphrey Davy Humphrey DeForest Bogart Humphrey Gilbert Humphreys Peak Humphries Humpless humpty humpty dumpty humpy Hums Humstrum humuhumunukunukuapua'a Humulin Humulus Humulus americanus Humulus japonicus Humulus lupulus humungous humus Humvee Hun Hunan Hunan province hunch hunch forward hunch over hunchback hunchbacked hunched hundred hundred and one Hundred court hundred days hundred dollar bill hundred thousand Hundred Years' War hundred-and-eightieth hundred-and-fifteenth hundred-and-fifth hundred-and-fiftieth hundred-and-fifty-fifth hundred-and-first hundred-and-fortieth hundred-and-forty-fifth hundred-and-ninetieth hundred-and-seventieth	Humuhumunukunukuapua'a humuhumunukunukuapua'as Humulin Humulin Humulin 50/50 Humulin 70/30 Humulin 70/30 PenFill Humulin N Humulin R Humulin R Humulin R Humulin-R Regular U-500 Humulin-R Regular U-500 Humulin-R Regular U-500 Humult Humulus Humulus Humulus americanus Humulus japonicus Humulus lupulus Humulus lupulus humungous humus humus humus HUMV Humvee Humvee Humvees HUMVIB Hun Hun history Hun Sen Hun Seu Tseun Hun stuff Hun-ahau Hun-ahaw Hun-t'un Hundredweight Hundredweight Huna Bay Hunafloi Húnaflói HUNAGI Hunahau Hunan Hunan Húnán Húnán Hunan Flood Management Project Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center Hunan Normal University Hunan Pacific Drilling Hunan Pacific Geological Exploration Inc. Hunan province Hunan province Hunan University of Arts and Science

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Attila
Attila the Hun
Austro-Hungarian
Ermanaric
Hungered
hungrily
hungriness
hungry
hunker
hunkers
hunky
Hunnish
Krauthead
Scourge of God
Scourge of the Gods
she
their
Ursula

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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