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HILLBILLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hillbilly mean?
• HILLBILLY (noun)
The noun HILLBILLY has 1 sense:
1. a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
Familiarity information: HILLBILLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bushwhacker; hillbilly
Hypernyms ("hillbilly" is a kind of...):
rustic (an unsophisticated country person)
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