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hun¹
- /hʌn/
Rhymes with -ʌn
Where it comes from
Clipping of honey with pronunciation spelling.
noun huns
- Alternative spelling of hon (“affectionate abbreviation of honey”). So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun? [title]
- A woman perceived as basic, brash, working class and fond of alcohol. Answer: you are a hun – but a high-end hun, one who knows her wine, her music, her interiors and her labels, and whose reluctance to do Dry January, or go vegan makes her such great company, this month and every month.
- A woman involved in a multi-level marketing scheme, especially one who pushes it on social media. This corporate love-bombing can serve a hun well, bagging them new downlines and potentially more money (MLMs are renowned for extremely low pay).
hun²
- /hʌn/
Rhymes with -ʌn
Where it comes from
Clipping of Hungarian partridge.
noun huns
- A grey partridge.
hun³
- /hʌn/
Rhymes with -ʌn
noun huns
- Alternative form of hoon (“Indian gold coin”).
Hun⁴
- /hʌn/
- /hʊn/ Ireland, Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌn
Where it comes from
From Old English Hūnas, Hūne (both plural), from Late Latin Hunni, from Koine Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi), borrowed through Middle Iranian. Cognate with Old Norse húnir, Old High German Hunni. See also etymology of Xiongnu.
Compare Sogdian 𐼶𐼴𐼻 (xwn), Sanskrit हूण (hūṇa), and 匈奴 (OC *hoŋ-nâ) (c. 318 BCE) > *hɨoŋ-nɑ (Eastern Han), which Schuessler (2014:264) proposes to be transcription of foreign *Hŏna ~ Hŭna. More at Huns.
As a derogatory term for Germans popularized by Rudyard Kipling, reacting to Germany's proposal that the Royal Navy be used to collect debts from Venezuela.
noun Huns
- A member of a nomadic tribe (the Huns) who invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia.
- A vandal, a barbarian, an uncivilized destructive person.
- A German. Doubtless the first German band to return to England will be composed of the most gentle peace and beer-loving Huns that ever visited our favoured shores.
- A Protestant.
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A Rangers Football Club supporter; an Orangeman.
Similar: Orangeman
Hun⁵
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Khmer ហ៊ុន (hun).
proper noun Huns
- A surname from Khmer.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: krauthead, kraut, boche, jerry, hoon, constitutional, barbarian, soul, ravager, vandal, their, han, constituent, hon, constitution, hoop
Translations
Talk about this word "hun." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hun. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hun. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hun "hun." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hun.Cite this
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title = {hun},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hun},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
