attila the hun
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Attila, kingly ruler of the tribe of the Huns and vast Eurasian Hunnic Empire and feared enemy of the Roman Empire, from 434 until his death in 453.
noun
Generally, a tyrant, or otherwise, a person characterized by ruthless aggressiveness.
Example Sentences
- "He also told me that while Rehr, in person, could be “a gracious and friendly guy,” he was clearly “the Attila the Hun of the alcoholic beverage industry."
- "He didn't know then that he had hired the Attila the Hun of ambitious young lawyers."
- "They don't have a Jim Baker, they don't have a warrior, an Attila the Hun."
- "The organizations don't tolerate an Attila the Hun in one office and a Mother Teresa next door."
- "What better way for them to get started, Grastos said, than for Onassis to call Roy M. Cohn, the Attila the Hun of divorce attorneys."
- "The workers were being supervised by an Attila the Hun."
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.