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Hun (hun)

noun

  1. a member of a warlike Asian people that, led by Attila and others, invaded E and central Europe in the 4th and 5th cent.
  2. any savage or destructive person; vandal: term of contempt applied to German soldiers, esp. in WWI

Etymology: OE Hune < LL Hunni (pl.) < native name > Chin Hiong-nu, Han

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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