hillbilly (redirected from hillbillies)

hill·bil·ly  (hlbl)

n. pl. hill·bil·lies Informal

A person from the backwoods or a remote mountain area.

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[hill + Billy, a nickname for William.]

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hillbilly

Noun

pl -lies

1. Usually disparaging an unsophisticated person from the mountainous areas in the southeastern US

2. same as country and western [hill + Billy (the nickname)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hillbilly - a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person bushwhacker rustic - an unsophisticated country person

Translations

hillbilly [ˈhɪlbɪlɪ] n (US) → rústico/a montañés/esa;

(pej) → palurdo/a

hillbilly [ˈhɪlbɪlɪ] n (US) → montagnard(e) du sud des USA;

(pej) → péquenaud m

hillbilly [ˈhɪlbɪlɪ] hill (US) n → Hillbilly m;

(pej) → Hinterwäldler(in) m(f), Landpomeranze f

hillbilly [ˈhɪlbɪlɪ] n (US) → montanaro/a dal sud degli Stati Uniti;

(pej) → zotico/a