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hillman

Syllables: hill·man/ˈhɪlmən/UK/ˈhɪlmən/

hillman noun: a native or inhabitant of hilly or mountainous country; a tribesman who lives in the mountains.

Noun

hillman (plural hillmen)

  1. A native or inhabitant of hilly or mountainous country; a tribesman who lives in the mountains.
    • The Dorey men, on the other hand, are shore-dwellers, fishers and traders in a small way, and have thus the character of a colony who have migrated from another district. These hillmen or "Arfaks" differed much in physical features. They were generally black, but some were brown like Malays.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 310
    • No one quite knew who or what the Gullals were till The Mussuck, who had been calling on Mrs. Hauksbee, and prided himself upon picking people's brains, explained they were a tribe of ferocious hillmen, somewhere near Sikkim, whose friendship even the Great Indian Empire would find it worth her...1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 37
  2. A supernatural being, such as a dwarf, that lives beneath a hill.
    • A farmer on whose ground there was a little hill, resolved not to let it lie idle, and began at one end to plough it up. The hill-man, who lived in it, came to him and asked him how he dared to plough on the roof of his house.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 186
  3. (UK, historical) A person employed to sift through a heap of dust and rubbish in search of any saleable items.

Proper noun capitalized: Hillman

Hillman

  1. A surname.
  2. A former make of British motor car.

hillman meaning in Telugu

hillman in Telugu

a hillman
ఎరుకు eruku

Forms of hillman

pluralhillmen
alternative formhill-man

Origin of hillman

From hill + man.

Words formed from hillman

Questions about hillman

What does hillman mean?
Hillman means a native or inhabitant of hilly or mountainous country; a tribesman who lives in the mountains.
What is hillman in Telugu?
Hillman in Telugu is ఎరుకు (eruku). See Hillman meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is hillman?
Hillman can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hillman?
Hillman is pronounced /ˈhɪlmən/ (UK).
What is the plural of hillman?
The plural of hillman is hillmen.

Words near hillman in the dictionary

  1. hillite
  2. Hillix
  3. hilljack
  4. hilljacks
  5. hilllike
  6. hillman
  7. Hillmann
  8. Hillmanns
  9. hillmen
  10. Hillmer
  11. Hillmers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hillman (page history and authors); Hillman (page history and authors); ఎరుకు (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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