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Definition of Hillmen
1. people living among the hills [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hillmen
Literary usage of Hillmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modernizing of the Orient by Clayton Sedgwick Cooper (1914)
"n THE hillmen OP NORTH AFRICA IN the far north of Algeria, ... there lives a
people little known as yet to guidebooks and tourists, the hillmen of Kabylia. ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"The ravages of the hillmen did not at once cease; but the prompt measures with
which each renewed attempt at disturbance was met eventually succeeded in ..."
3. Our New Zealand Cousins by James Inglis (1887)
"... in social customs—The primitive carving-knife—The Hau-Haus— The Urewera country,
the Tyrol of New Zealand— Captain Mair's description of the hillmen—The ..."
4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"In almost -voiceless fury they flung themselves upon •the hillmen, who slew them
in hordes by the aid of club and spear, but suffered frightful losses in ..."
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