hun

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

hun, n. [L. Hunni, also Chunni, and Chuni; cf. AS. Hnas, Hne, OHG. Hni, G. Hunnen.].

 One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hun, n.
1 a member of a warlike Asiatic nomadic people who invaded and ravaged Europe in the 4th-5th c.
2 offens. a German (esp. in military contexts).
3 an uncivilized devastator; a vandal.

Derivative

Hunnish adj.

Etymology

OE Hune pl. f. LL Hunni f. Gk Hounnoi f. Turki Hun-y{uuml}

THESAURUS

hun

annihilator, arsonist, biblioclast, bomber, burner, demolisher, destroyer, dynamitard, dynamiter, exterminator, iconoclast, idol breaker, idoloclast, nihilist, ruiner, syndicalist, terrorist, vandal, wrecker

ROGET THESAURUS

hun

Evil doer

N evil doer, evil worker, wrongdoer, mischief-maker, marplot, oppressor, tyrant, destroyer, Vandal, iconoclast, firebrand, incendiary, fire bug, pyromaniac, anarchist, communist, terrorist, savage, brute, ruffian, barbarian, semibarbarian, caitiff, desperado, Apache, hoodlum, hood, plug-ugly, Red Skin, tough, Mohawk, Mo-hock, Mo-hawk, bludgeon man, bully, rough, hooligan, larrikin, dangerous classes, ugly customer, thief, cockatrice, scorpion, hornet, snake, viper, adder, snake in the grass, serpent, cobra, asp, rattlesnake, anaconda, canker-worm, wire-worm, locust, Colorado beetle, alacran, alligator, caymon, crocodile, mosquito, mugger, octopus, torpedo, bane, cutthroat, cannibal, anthropophagus, anthropophagist, bloodsucker, vampire, ogre, ghoul, gorilla, vulture, gyrfalcon, gerfalcon, wild beast, tiger, hyena, butcher, hangman, blood-hound, hell- hound, sleuth-hound, catamount, cougar, jaguar, puma, hag, hellhag, beldam, Jezebel, monster, fiend, devil incarnate, demon in human shape, Frankenstein's monster, harpy, siren, Furies, Eumenides, Hun, Attila, scourge of the human race, faenum habet in cornu.