Hun
[hʌn]
Definition
(noun.) a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century.
Typist: Weldon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.
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Definition
n. one of a powerful squat swarthy and savage nomad race of Asia probably of Mongolian or Tartar stock who began to move westwards in Europe about 372 A.D. pushing the Goths before them across the Danube and under Attila (433-453) overrunning Europe: a shortened form of Hungarian.—adjs. Hun′nic Hun′nish.
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Examples
- Even in using this word Hun as a general equivalent for the Hiung-nu, we step on to controversial ground. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He shows us the Turks, this new development of the Hun tradition, in possession not only of what is now Turkestan, but all along the northern route. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The old Hun would come down through the Trentino and cut the railway at Vicenza and then where would the Italians be? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The old Hun was a soldier. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- If they got some Hun divisions they could do it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- As yet only China knew of the Huns; there were no Turks in Western Turkestan or anywhere else then, no Tartars in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hereafter the Huns, so far as that name goes in Europe, the Huns of Attila, disappeared out of history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Huns now first appear within the empire as auxiliary troops enlisted under Stilicho. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Partly the Huns were civilized and assimilated by the Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were nicknamed Huns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have already, in our first account of Chinese beginnings, noted the existence of these Huns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The southern Huns were merged into the imperial population. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All that again is what might have happened in 500 B.C. or thereabouts against the Huns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Each province clung to its separate nationality and traditions, and the Huns spread from province to province. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- West of the Huns, beyond the Don, there were Aryan tribes, the Goths. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The more northerly Huns were checked and their super-abundant energies were turned westward. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the rear of the Yueh-Chi were the Huns, and in the rear of the Huns and turning them now northward was the vigorous Han Dynasty of China. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Far away to the east Shi-Hwang-ti had routed the Huns and walled them out of China proper. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were Huns in possession of Pannonia and Goths in Dalmatia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a common script, a common civilization, and a common enemy in the Huns of the north-western borders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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