dun
1to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
a demand for payment, especially a written one.
Origin of dun
1Other definitions for dun (2 of 2)
dull, grayish brown.
dark; gloomy.
Origin of dun
2Other words from dun
- dunness, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use dun in a sentence
Dunning urged an amendment to prevent any abuse of the act; and North, always averse from violent measures, accepted his proposal.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntAfter an animated debate, led by Dunning in opposition, the Bill passed the Commons by a vote of more than three to one.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton RyersonI am impatient to receive your approbation of Dunning's Bill.
Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third | The Duke of Buckingham and ChandosTen thousand pounds are wanting to establish him—we cannot raise the money amongst us, without dunning poor Mr. Vincent.
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) | Maria Edgeworth"If they win it will come from Collingwood's shallying about," asserted "Deacon" Dunning, who had just joined the group.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. Standish
British Dictionary definitions for dun (1 of 2)
/ (dʌn) /
(tr) to press or importune (a debtor) for the payment of a debt
a person, esp a hired agent, who importunes another for the payment of a debt
a demand for payment, esp one in writing
Origin of dun
1British Dictionary definitions for dun (2 of 2)
/ (dʌn) /
a brownish-grey colour
a horse of this colour
angling
an immature adult mayfly (the subimago), esp one of the genus Ephemera
an artificial fly imitating this or a similar fly
of a dun colour
dark and gloomy
Origin of dun
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse