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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.

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[From Late Latin Hunn, the Huns, from Turki Hunyü.]

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Hun [hʌn]

n

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

Thesaurus

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

n

(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