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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Hun (hun),USA pronunciation n. - Language Varieties, Ancient Historya 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.
- Slang Terms(often l.c.) a barbarous, destructive person;
vandal. - [Disparaging and Offensive.]
- a German soldier in World War I or II.
- a German.
- bef. 900; 1895–1900 for def. 3b; singular of Huns, Old English Hūnas; cognate with Old Norse Hūnar; akin to Late Latin Hunnī
Hun′like′, adj. |