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hillfolks

hillfolks is the alternative form of hillfolk.

Meaning of hillfolk

Noun

hillfolk sg or pl

  1. (plural, singular) Hillspeople.
  2. (plural, singular) Supernatural beings, such as a dwarves, that live beneath hills.
    • The hill-folk that dwell in this mount are well known in all the villages round, and no one ever omits making a cross on his beer-barrels, for the Trolls are in the habit of slipping down from Hjulehöi to steal beer.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 187
    Synonyms:
    hill-people

Questions about hillfolks

What is hillfolks the alternative form of?
Hillfolks is the alternative form of hillfolk.

Words near hillfolks in the dictionary

  1. Hillestad
  2. Hillestads
  3. Hilley
  4. Hilleys
  5. hillfolk
  6. hillfolks
  7. hillfort
  8. hillforts
  9. Hillgrove
  10. Hillhead
  11. Hillhouse

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