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Definitions for Huns

[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] Older Slang : Disparaging and Offensive . a contemptuous term used to refer to a German, especially a German soldier in World War I or II.
[4] 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 bc , invading the Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries a.d
[5] informal (esp in World War I) a derogatory name for a German (def. 2)
[6] informal a vandal

Words related to Huns

Hunclod, ruffian, monster, Philistine, lout, boor, hooligan, rascal, brute, cannibal, bigot, beast, ignoramus, vandal, troglodyte

Origin of Huns

Hunbefore 900; 1895–1900 for def 3 ; singular of Huns, Old English Hūnas; cognate with Old Norse Hūnar; akin to Late Latin Hunnī

Other words from Huns

Hun·like , adjective

Word origin for Huns

HunOld English Hūnas, from Late Latin Hūnī, from Turkish Hun-yū

Synonyms for Huns

beast, bigot, boor, brute, cannibal, clod, hooligan, ignoramus, lout, monster, philistine, rascal, ruffian, troglodyte, vandal