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noun
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 lowercase) a barbarous, destructive person; vandal.
3.
Disparaging and Offensive.
a.
a German soldier in World War I or II.
b.
a German.
Origin:
before 900; 1895–1900 for def. 3b; singular of Huns, Old English Hūnas; cognate with Old Norse Hūnar; akin to Late Latin Hunnī
before 900; 1895–1900 for def. 3b; singular of Huns, Old English Hūnas; cognate with Old Norse Hūnar; akin to Late Latin Hunnī
Related forms
Hun·like, adjective
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Hun
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| Hun (hʌn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | 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 |
| 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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Word Origin & History
Hun
O.E., tribe from central Asia that overran Europe in the 4c. and 5c. (esp. under their king Attila, called Flagellum Dei "The Scourge of God"), from M.L. Hunni, apparently ult. from Turkic Hun-yü, the name of a tribe (they were known in China as Han or Hiong-nu). Fig. sense of "reckless destroyer
EXPANDof beauty" is from 1806. Applied to the German in World War I by their enemies because of stories of atrocities, but the nickname originally was urged on Ger. soldiers bound for China by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1900, which caused a scandal.
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