Main Entry: Hun

Pronunciation: \ˈhən\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English Hunas, plural, from Late Latin Hunni, plural

Date: before 12th century

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
2 a often not capitalized : a person who is wantonly destructive : vandal b usually disparaging : german; especially : a German soldier