Honved.
The Hungarian Landwehr or reserve is so called. The word means “Land Defenders,” and was given to the national champions in the early days of Hungarian history.
Hooks.
The party of the nobles in the Netherlands in the fourteenth century. (See Kabbeljaws.)
Hoosier State.
The popular name of the State of Indiana, U.S.A. It is probably a corruption of Husher, a Western term for a bully.
Hospitallers, Knights.
See Malta, Knights of.
Hospodars.
The Princes of Moldavia and Wallachia were so called from 1789, when these countries came under the sway of Russia.