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A native or one of the people of Hungary. Hungarian grass. See Italian millet, under Millet.

Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary.

orris. Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller.

Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. [Written also hayduck, heiduc, heiduck, and heyduk.]

The Hungarian army in the revolutionary war of 1848-49.

A country in Central Europe, now a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hungary water, a distilled "water," made from dilute alcohol aromatized with rosemary flowers, etc.

The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language.

One of the dominant people of Hungary, allied to the Finns; a Hungarian.

An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2

One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came. [Written also pandoor.] Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars. Campbell.

To scrape or beat with the forefoot. His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane. Tickell.

A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies."

A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.

age; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter. Base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield! Shak. Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed. Milton. Nothing but the influence of a civilized power could induce a savage to wield a spade. S. S. Smith. To wield the scepte…