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.

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.

Example Sentences

They may be less known than their less successful predecessors, the Huns.

From Science Daily

A subsequent survey with a magnetometer identified a necropolis of the Avars, a nomadic peoples who succeeded Attila’s Huns.

From New York Times

And now it helps define the contours of battle — as it has for millenniums, a barrier and a conduit to warring Scythians, Greeks, Vikings, Huns, Cossacks, Russians, Germans and many more.

From New York Times

The rings helped researchers to reconstruct the fifth-century climate, identifying dry spells that may have forced the Huns to move on.

From Scientific American

A nomadic, pastoralist people known as the Huns are particularly implicated in usurping this superpower.

From Salon