Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a group of Central Asian nomadic pastoralist peoples who invaded Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries AD and were defeated in 455.
- noun A barbarous or destructive person.
- noun Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a German, especially a German soldier in World War I.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of an ancient Asiatic race of warlike nomads, probably of the Mongolian or Tatar stock, first appearing prominently in European history about
a. d. 375. - noun A Hungarian.
- noun An abbreviation of
Hungary .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of a
nomadic tribe , the Huns, most likely ofTurkic origin, whichinvaded Europe in the fourth century fromCentral Asia . - noun figuratively a
vandal , abarbarian , an uncivilized destructive person - noun slang, derogatory, UK A
German (popular in the media since World War I) - noun slang, derogatory, UK, Ireland A
Protestant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun offensive term for a person of German descent
- noun a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Those lunatics believe Bill Buckley was a liberal and anyone to the left of Attila the Hun is a commie.
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"The word Hun is not remotely religious in it connetation, but refers to Rangers supporter, and the lumpen end of them in particular"
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YOU want to draw the line so that anything lef to Attila the Hun is a flaming liberal.
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The word Hun is not remotely religious in it connetation, but refers to Rangers supporter, and the lumpen end of them in particular
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That gave us the first shudder at the frightfulness of this war and at the principle of fight with which the Hun is fighting.
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Anti-Sectarian charity Nil By Mouth - supported by the Scottish Government - are very clear on the use of the term 'Hun' - it is an abusive, sectarian term.
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Well, I suppose if you work for the Diaz-Balart brothers, anybody to the left of Attila the Hun is a flaming liberal.
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So, although the Hun was a great conqueror, he was riding a tiger.
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Guys like you think anyone to the left of Attila the Hun is a red.
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Take pity on the repugs, any one left of Attila the Hun is a crazed leftist.
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