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English Dictionary: hun by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hun
n
  1. a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century
  2. offensive term for a person of German descent
    Synonym(s): Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hun \Hun\, n. [L. Hunni, also Chunni, and Chuni; cf. AS.
      H[?]nas, H[?]ne, OHG. H[?]ni, 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.
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