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🏹 Nomadic people ⚠️ Offensive term
Hun

Hun

12 9.3
A member of a horse-riding people from Central Asia who invaded parts of Europe in the 300s and 400s
  • noun
  • /hʌn/
translation icon : huno
  • Not since Attila the Hun have there been such amazing cavalry tactics.
  • Attila the Hun

Now within this there are some real Barbarians, the Huns.

Examples

  • I bet Attila the Hun thought the same way.

    Not of This Earth (1988)

  • Attila the Hun followed directly in the barbarians' footsteps.

    Stuck on You! (1982)

  • Attila the Hun loved his family.

    Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

  • "Attila the Hun has been here."

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Attila and his Huns were coming.

  • Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, and Genghis Khan all marched through here, and finally the British in the middle of the 19th century.

    Academic text (1997)

  • March 25th, 2014, historian Albert... Albrecht RUmschtein announced that the burial tomb of Attila the Hun had been discovered in Budapest, Hungary.

    Life of the Party (2018)

  • Attila the Hun led his warriors into battle, striking fear into the hearts of his enemies.

  • The fierce Huns were known for their incredible horse-riding skills and rapid movements.

  • In the 4th century, the Huns invaded parts of Europe, forever changing the course of history.

Compounds

Attila the Hun
7.9

A king of the Huns who invaded parts of the Roman Empire

Surface Forms

Hun singular
Huns plural

Etymology

Hun was originally the name of a real group of nomads from Central Asia who rode horses and invaded parts of Europe in the 4th and 5th centuries. So, calling someone 'a Hun' in this sense means a member of that historical people, often remembered as fierce horse-warriors like Attila.