Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hun

Hun , noun

[Latin Hunni, also Chunni, and Chuni; compare Anglo-Saxon H{not transcribed}nas, H{not transcribed}ne, Old High German H{not transcribed}ni, German Hunnen.]

One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.