Hunyadi

or Hu·nya·dy

[ hoo-nyo-dee ]

noun
  1. Já·nos [yah-nawsh], /ˈyɑ nɔʃ/, 1387?–1456, Hungarian soldier and national hero.

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How to use Hunyadi in a sentence

  • By the way, don't make any blunder about that Hunyadi contract The people here will want you to break it,—don't, on any account.

    That Boy Of Norcott's | Charles James Lever
  • Schloss Hunyadi dated from the fifteenth century, although now a single square tower was all that remained of the early building.

    That Boy Of Norcott's | Charles James Lever
  • "You have certainly made me very uncomfortable," broke in Countess Hunyadi, thoughtfully.

    That Boy Of Norcott's | Charles James Lever
  • "Come to the door, then, and look in; do not utter a word," cried a tall dark man I soon knew to be Count Hunyadi.

    That Boy Of Norcott's | Charles James Lever
  • First of all, all my father's papers and effects were at Schloss Hunyadi, and some of these were all-essential to me.

    That Boy Of Norcott's | Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for Hunyadi

Hunyadi

/ (Hungarian ˈhunjɔdi) /


noun
  1. János (ˈjaːnoʃ). ?1387–1456, Hungarian general, who led Hungarian resistance to the Turks, defeating them notably at Belgrade (1456)

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