hiller
UK/ˈhɪlə(ɹ)/US/ˈhɪlɚ/
hiller noun: a poor rural person.
Noun
hiller (plural hillers)
- A poor rural person.
- But at my alma mater in West Virginia, we had a unique "Us & Them" sorting classification: you were either a “hiller” or a “creeker.”2017 August 23, Trey Kay, “Us & Them: 'You're Either a Hiller or a Creeker'”, in Us & Them, Charleston, West Virginia, United States: West Virginia Public Broadcasting, archived from the original on...
Proper noun capitalized: Hiller
Hiller
- A surname.
Forms of hiller
| plural | hillers |
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Origin of hiller
From hill + -er.
From hill + -er, given to people who lived by a hill.
Words that rhyme with hiller
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Questions about hiller
- What does hiller mean?
- Hiller means a poor rural person.
- What part of speech is hiller?
- Hiller can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hiller?
- Hiller is pronounced /ˈhɪlə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hiller?
- The plural of hiller is hillers.
Words near hiller in the dictionary
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