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| Hun [ hun ] (plural Huns) |
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1. member of early Asian nomadic people: a member of a nomadic people, probably originating in north central Asia, who invaded China in the 3rd century bc and then spread westward across Asia and into Europe. During the 4th century ad, under their leader Attila, they overran much of the Roman Empire.
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2. destructive person: a barbaric and destructive person
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3. offensive term: an offensive term for a German person or the German people, used especially by their opponents during World Wars I and II
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| [ Old English Hūne, via Germanic < late Latin Hunni< Sogdian xwn] |
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