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EDMUND HILLARY
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• EDMUND HILLARY (noun)
The noun EDMUND HILLARY has 1 sense:
1. New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
Familiarity information: EDMUND HILLARY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Edmund Hillary; Hillary; Sir Edmund Hillary; Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
Instance hypernyms:
mountain climber; mountaineer (someone who climbs mountains)
Context examples
On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary, from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay, from Nepal, became the first humans to successfully climb to the peak of Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.
(Everest, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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