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Huns

  1. A tribe from western Asia who conquered much of central and eastern Europe during the fifth century. The Huns were known for their cruelty and destructiveness.


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Notes

The British frequently referred to German soldiers as “Huns” during World War I and World War II as a way of emphasizing their supposed brutality.
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Example Sentences

Getting closer to solving an ancient mystery: where did the Huns come from?

In total, 31 Huns were buried in the tombs that were discovered at the foot of Salkhit of Rashaant Soum in Khuvsgul Province.

He was a man of few words, but a typical British officer of the type which has made the Empire and won the war against the Huns.

Soon now the great and powerful Allies would drive out the Huns, and all would be as it had been.

Church this morning in the unruined chapel of a small convent which has escaped the attention of the Huns!

This may be so, for when the Magyars conquered the country in the eleventh century they found the Huns settled in it.

They have been sheltering refugees from every nation that has been devastated and overrun by the mad Huns.

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