hillbilly

English

Etymology

From hill +‎ Billy

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /hɪlˈbɪ.li/

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Noun

hillbilly (plural hillbillies)

1. Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.
2. A white person from the rural southern part of the United States.

Synonyms

• hick

Translations

someone who is from the hills

• Finnish: metsäläinen (fi)
• German: Hinterwäldler (de) m
• Italian: montanaro (it) m

• mexican Spanish:

  Spanish: (slang, regional, Northern Mexico ) chúntaro (es)

white person from the rural southern United States

• Serbo-Croatian: prostački (sh)