Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hillwalker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hill-walk-er
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who takes part in hillwalking.

British usage

Example Sentences

"[I]n our cold Northern winters, out of doors, carried by hillwalkers, mountaineers or hunters, when it [chocolate] splinters in the hand, hard and brittle at those low temperatures, it is a valuable and harmless food."
"A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware of concern for a group of three hillwalkers who had not returned from the Aonach Eagach ridge in Glen Coe shortly after 9.05pm on Saturday 5 August."

Etymology

From hill + walker.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

hillwalkers (plural)

Questions

What does hillwalker mean?: A person who takes part in hillwalking.
Where does hillwalker come from?: From hill + walker.

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