First Known Use: before 12th century
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Hun
noun \ˈhən\
Definition of HUN
1
: a member of a nomadic central Asian people gaining control of a large part of central and eastern Europe under Attila about a.d. 450
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Origin of HUN
Middle English, from Old English Hunas, plural, from Late Latin Hunni, plural
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