hillman
/ˈhɪlmən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A native or inhabitant of hilly or mountainous country; a tribesman who lives in the mountains.
noun
A supernatural being, such as a dwarf, that lives beneath a hill.
noun
A person employed to sift through a heap of dust and rubbish in search of any saleable items.
British usage
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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 while to secure."
- "Indian hillmen of exceptional intelligence and resource, specially trained in clandestine surveying techniques, were despatched across the frontier disguised as Muslim holy men or Buddhist pilgrims."
- "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."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɪlmən/
- British English: /ˈhɪlmən/
Usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
hillmen (plural)
hill-man (alternative)