English abbreviation dictionary - hun
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Hun
hun
3-let. lang. abbr.
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1.
~ n the Hun slang an insulting word for German people, used especially during the First and Second World Wars ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~as, plural, from Late Latin ~ni, 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 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a member of a warlike Asiatic nomadic people who invaded and ravaged Europe in the 4th-5th c. 2 offens. a German (esp. in military contexts). 3 an uncivilized devastator; a vandal. Derivatives Hunnish adj. Etymology: OE Hune pl. f. LL Hunni f. Gk Hounnoi f. Turki Hun-y{uuml} ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. ист. гунн 2. варвар, вандал 3. презр. бран. немец, ганс (особ во время первой мировой войны) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1607, tribe from central Asia that overran Europe in the 4c. and 5c., from M.L. Hunni, apparently ult. from Turkic Hun-yь, the name of a tribe (they were known in China as Hiong-Hu). Applied to the German in World War I by their enemies because of stories of attrocities. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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