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Definition of Edmund Hillary

1. Noun. New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919).

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Literary usage of Edmund Hillary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Capital (1888)
"... included sponsoring the "Ocean to the Sky" jet boat expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary, publicising the tourist attractions of Ladak and south India, ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... Lie Down In Darkness, 1951 These facts speak eloquently of the guts and stamina of these two men —Sir John Hunt & Sir Edmund Hillary, Geographical Jour. ..."

3. America on the Ice: Antarctic Policy Issues by Frank G. Klotz (1998)
"In January 1958, Admiral George Dufek and Sir Edmund Hillary made the first solid-ground landing in Antarctic history on a strip of beach prepared by Navy ..."

4. Britain TM: Renewing Our Identity by Mark Leonard (1997)
"... world's greatest explorers, such as Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain Cook, Scott of the Antarctic, Dr Livingstone, Sir Edmund Hillary and Ranulph Fiennes. ..."

5. Planet Geographyby Stephen Codrington by Stephen Codrington (2005)
"Sir Edmund Hillary, who with the Nepalese climber Sherpa Tending, was the first person to climb Mount Everest, has called for the mountain to be closed for ..."

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