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Definition of 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).
Exact synonyms: Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
Generic synonyms: Mountain Climber, Mountaineer
Generic synonyms: Mountain Climber, Mountaineer
Definition of Hillary
1. Proper noun. (given name female from=Latin) ultimately derived from the Latin ''Hilaria''. ¹
2. Proper noun. (given name male from=Latin) ultimately derived from the (etyl la) ''Hilarius''; a variant of Hilary. ¹
3. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com