Hun

Hun
noun
1》 a member of a warlike Asiatic nomadic people who invaded and ravaged Europe in the 4th–5th centuries.
2》 informal, derogatory a German (especially during the First and Second World Wars).
Derivatives
Hunnish adjective
Origin
OE Hūne, Hūnas (plural), from late L. Hunni, from Gk Hounnoi, of Middle Iranian origin.

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