'shun

interjection

A contraction of the military order: Attention!

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Meanings

interjection
  1. A contraction of the military order: Attention!

    Full of assurance I marched out in front of the company of seventy and yelled: ‘Company! ’Shun!’ They all ‘’shunned’.

    1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 103
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APA

'shun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'shun

MLA

“'shun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'shun. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'shun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'shun.

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