hillbilly[noun]Synonyms: rustic, backwoodsman, bucolic, bumpkin, clodhopper, hayseed, hick, hillman, rube, yokel
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hill‧bil‧ly /ˈhɪlbɪli/
noun (
plural hillbillies)
[countable][
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: hill + Billy, a man's name, from William]
American English an insulting word meaning an uneducated poor person who lives in the mountains
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