hillbilly

The definition of a hillbilly is someone who comes from a remote area with woods, hills or mountains.

(noun)

An example of a hillbilly is the character Jethro from the Beverly Hillbillies TV show.

See hillbilly in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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Informal a person who lives in or comes from the mountains or backwoods of the South, specif. Appalachia: sometimes a contemptuous term

Origin: hill + Billy, dim. of Bill

adjective

Informal of or characteristic of hillbillies: hillbilly music

See hillbilly in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. hill·bil·lies
Informal

A person from the backwoods or a remote mountain area.

Origin:

Origin: hill

Origin: + Billy

Origin: , a nickname for William

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