dun
1to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
a demand for payment, especially a written one.
Origin of dun
1Other definitions for dun (2 of 2)
dull, grayish brown.
dark; gloomy.
Origin of dun
2Other words from dun
- dunness, noun
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How to use dun in a sentence
In discussing Duns Scotus, I have given less from his writings than has been my wont with other philosophers.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorIf I selected lucid and simple extracts, they would give no idea of the intricacy and prolixity of Duns.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorOn the other hand, I could not bring myself by lengthy or impossible quotations to vilify Duns.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorDuns pursued him to the office and he sometimes hid from them in a huge safe which the office contained.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThat evening Bruce vanished from Camford, with the regrets of few except his tailors and his duns.
Julian Home | Dean Frederic W. Farrar
British Dictionary definitions for dun (1 of 2)
/ (dʌn) /
(tr) to press or importune (a debtor) for the payment of a debt
a person, esp a hired agent, who importunes another for the payment of a debt
a demand for payment, esp one in writing
Origin of dun
1British Dictionary definitions for dun (2 of 2)
/ (dʌn) /
a brownish-grey colour
a horse of this colour
angling
an immature adult mayfly (the subimago), esp one of the genus Ephemera
an artificial fly imitating this or a similar fly
of a dun colour
dark and gloomy
Origin of dun
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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